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This paper analyzes the return to dominant language fluency for ethnic Russians in the Baltic States. We look at male workers using Estonian Labor Force Survey for years 2000–2010 and the 1998 wave of a panel of high-school graduates of 1982. The results indicate that the ethnic Russian men enjoy little income premium on their skills of the dominant language. We identify positive returns only in the low end of the income distribution and in public administration sector. Surprisingly, the returns to English fluency are far larger. These outcomes point toward segregation and discrimination at the upper-end hiring.

Western governments & international organizations have since the late 1990s been involved in efforts to combat tuberculosis & HIV in north-west Russia & the Baltic states, & reform the post-Soviet healthcare system. WHO's tuberculosis strategy DOTS encountered fierce resistance in the Russian tuberculosis establishment, but has been implemented in the north-western rim regions in Russia & all Baltic states. While many view Western aid as a welcome contribution, others feel the problems are exaggerated by the West. The Western emphasis on prison reform & sex workers also meets resistance in the post-Soviet context. Adapted from the source document.

The article contains a comparative analysis of the economic potential of the Russian minority national groups abroad. The advantages of the Russian diaspora in the Baltic states compared with Russian diasporas in the West and the CIS countries are discussed. A conclusion is made on the base of sociological data that a new subethnos, Baltic "Eurorussians", can play a significant role in Russia's economic development.

В отношениях между Россией и странами Балтии сложилось много мифов, предрассудков и ложных стереотипов. В полной мере это относится и к оценке положения русскоязычного населения в регионе, анализу которого посвящена данная статья. Авторы рассматривают социальный состав русскоязычной общины, показывают динамику его изменения за последние 18 лет. В статье затрагиваются аспекты межэтнического противостояния в Лавтии и Эстонии, дается оценка позиции России по отношению к русскоязычной диаспоре региона.

The researchers often overlook the relationships between Russian and Nordic investment capital; and even less attention is paid to studying the competition between the two. Yet this subject can be of particular relevance to the areas that are geographically, historically and culturally close to both Russia and the Nordic countries. Thus, the aim of this article is to understand how the competition between Russian and Nordic capital investment is played out in the Baltic States. The study discusses the principles of Russian and Nordic investment in the Baltic, and suggests ways to regulate these relations. To this end, we compare the investment conditions created in the Baltic States for both Russian and Nordic investors. The analysis shows that most of the Baltic market is controlled by the Nordic capital, which blocks the arrival of Russian investment to the Baltic States. With a nod to a number of previous studies, the authors of this article suggest some adjustments to the theory of foreign direct investment. The study will be also of practical interest to those Russian investors who are seeking entry points to the Baltic markets.