The article discusses the background and procedure of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe, estimates the current situation in the world, over 40 years after signing of the Helsinki Final act. Measures of overcoming the European crisisare proposed, including ones connected to cooperation between the EU and the EAEU. The author emphasizes the sovereign policy of Russia. The importance of further strengthening Russia's positions through expansion of the Eurasian integration, the inclusion in the EAEU countries of the former Soviet Union is stated. The article develops the idea of the need to conduct trilateral negotiations of the CSCE-2 at the level of the main world centers of power: USA, EU, EAEU.

The article deals with a new type of Chinese economic expansion - the concept of «One belt, one road». Author describes main stages of its formulation and implementation, defines financial basis, and the main geographical areas of its implementation. It is noted that the project aims to support the Chinese economy in general and the inland areas of China in particular. Also there is a forecast of concept development. Author describes the impact of concept implementation on the domestic economy and foreign policy of China. In article the risks and opportunities for Russia, associated with the implementation of the concept of«One belt, one road» also discussed.

In the article there is analyzed evolution of the foreign trade relations of the European Union at the present stage of their evolution. The research conducted by author allows to draw conclusions on the most actual trends in foreign trade of EU, as world's largest exporter of goods and services. As shown by the authors, an active trade balance serves another important factor contributing to the mutually beneficial trade of EU countries.

The article examines the main trends in the international movement of foreign direct investment (FDI), the place of Russia in the international flow of capital. Based on updated international and national statistics shows that in 2014, the FDI flow has lost its activity, the particular decline was observed in the Russian Federation, caused by the collection of adverse geopolitical factors and accumulated internal structural problems. FDI inflows to Russia decreased by almost three times compared with 2013 Decreased and dynamics of export of Russian investments abroad. However, kept its position offshore as important recipients of Russian investments. The government's policy on deoffshorisation beginning to bring the first positive results. However, the economic situation in Russia remains fragile and projected rapid recovery of investment flows is not expected.

This article is dedicated to the study of the GCC IPO market characterized by the fast economic development and redundancy funds. The study highlights the trends of the initial public offerings market in the region. The article also identifies significance of the region market for the global IPO market in the period 2000-2014, basing on the analysis of the total IPO market in the region. One of the main conclusions of this paper is the fact that the regional IPO activity is a reflection of the level of maturity of the local economy.

In article possibilities of expansion of regulatory impact of the state on the international purchasing activity, and also prospects of interaction of Russia with regional development banks are estimated. Tendencies of development of modern international tender activity are defined, regularities and features of tendering process by the multilateral and regional organizations are revealed. Questions of international legal and national regulation and stimulation in the field in interests of broader involvement of Russia in this activity for increase of efficiency of the last are considered.

In this article the author analyzes the major trends that create international trade, logistics activities of organizations and multimodal transport in the European Region. The author reveals the impact of the European strategy for the unification of the transport market, which is trying to cope with the increased level of congestion of the transport infrastructure, as well as with the growth of the prices and constantly changed demand of the transport services in the combination with the constant growth of fuel prices. The argumentation of the article pursued the main challenge of the transport sector, namely time factor and responsiveness to changes in demand. The author forms and justifies the opinion and recommendations that the challenges of the demand in the framework of international logistics and transportation networks can be implemented with the help of achieving a high level of transparency in the supply chain, using a new IT technologies by improving cooperative process of the partners.

Article is representing the approaches for the pricing monitoring methodology on the socially important food products in the retail of Russian Federation. Price monitoring or observation of one of the most important parameter of the consumer market is the key instrument of gathering and fixation of the price level on the specific product categories targeted to the low income segment of consumers. Information about price level and it’s changes can give national or regional government chance to make flexible decisions on the partial price regulations on the socially important food products. Price monitoring on the specific sample of the retail outlets should be done on the regular base, especially during economic recession.

The article examines government supporting small businesses’ R&D in US, taking into consideration that implementing effective national policies in this field is more than ever critical in today’s highly interconnected global economy. Small companies comprise the overwhelming majority of all businesses in the United States; the individual entrepreneurs and small, high-growth businesses’ contributions in developing of innovative products and services are also significant. But trying to bring innovative technology products and services to market, small companies must often overcome more barriers with fewer resources. Noting the small businesses’ vital role in the US economy and science potential, authors focus on the government role in developing research projects and commercialization their results.