Sergey Volkov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4143483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergey Volkov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergey |
| FAMILY NAME | Volkov |
| SIGNATURE | VOLKOV S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for African Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6152-1091 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Water Supply and Water Treatment in Africa
African countries, regional groups and the African Union prepare plans of development of water supply and water treatment. However, insufficient financial capacities do not afford necessary funding of economic development programs, including those in the water sector. Low living standards in African countries do not allow to increase tariffs for water supply services that prevents engagement of private investments. Under these conditions, there i…
Africa in the Conditions of Emerging Multipolarity
On March 26, 2024, the Center for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States’ Foreign Policy, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, held an all-Russian scientific conference on the topic “Africa in contemporary system of international relations”. The conference was attended by scientists, teachers, postgraduates, applicants, and students from a number of scientific and educational institutions, namel…
Results of the First 10 Years of the Agenda 2063
The crucial long-term planning document of the African Union (AU) is called the Agenda 2063. It was adopted at the AU “jubilee summit” dedicated to the 50 years anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). One of the key goals of the Agenda is to make Africa a dynamic force in the international arena, which is close to the key purpose of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation – to build a just multipolar world. During implementat…
The Problem of the Shortage of Fresh Water in Egypt and the Possibilities of Its Solution
The population growth rates that increased after the 1952 revolution accelerated the decline in the supply of fresh water to Egyptians due to the exhaustion of its traditional sources. As a result, at the turn of the 1980s – 1990s, Egypt has overcome the water deficit limit of 1000 m3 per person per year. In order to reduce water stress, the Government of the country in the second half of the twentieth century pursued a policy of birth control an…
Accelerated Energy Transition — a New Manifestation of Neocolonialism in Africa
Currently in Africa, as evidenced by recent events in the Sahel, the struggle for liberation from the neocolonial oppression of the collective West is expanding, which, for its part, is looking for new opportunities to strengthen its positions and expand the exploitation of African resources. It is becoming increasingly clear that the accelerated energy transition based on the development of renewable energy, using the huge African potential of s…
African Continental Integration - A New Step towards a Multipolar World
The global economy continues to suffer the consequences of the 2020 global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic shifts in international relations in 2022 triggered by severe sanctions imposed by Western nations against Russia. Many countries have been affected by the restrictions. African economies were no exception, experiencing a strong negative impact of these sanctions because of rising global prices on cereal crops, oil…
Africa’s Role and Place in the Forming Multipolar World
In March, Center for Russian-African Relations and Foreign Policy of African Countries of the Institute for African Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) held a conference “Africa – the Rising Center of an Emerging Multipolar World”. The conference took place during a period of sharp aggravation of the international situation, which required for Russia to revise the directions of its foreign policy with the focus on some countries, in particular,…
Russia’s Assistance to Africa in Opposing Neocolonialism
Today, the African continent is a new center of opposition to neocolonialism and foreign expansion. African countries, having gained the independence, still cannot save themselves from the control of the former colonialists and the global hegemon — the United States. Africans consist Russia as a reliable partner, which fights consistently for the building of international relations on justice equal base. Russia, as the Soviet Union at its time, p…
The Economy and the Electricity Sector in the Northern Africa
The article provides a deep scientific analysis of the economy and the electricity sector in the Northern Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia). It can be used by Russian companies planning their strategic entry into the region’s markets, as well as the development of the bilateral cooperation in the area of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. The authors provide fresh data on the development of both the…
Eurasian Economic Union and African countries
In March 2022, the Center for Russian-African Relations and Foreign Policy of African Countries Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences held a conference with international participation on the topic “Cooperation of the members of the Eurasian Economic Union with African countries”. The Conference took place at a difficult time, when the international situation sharply worsened that required a rethinking of…
Egypt in the competition for economic leading in Africa
The article analyzes the economic potential and development dynamics of Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa in the period from 1970 to 2020 based on GDP indicators in constant prices in 2015 and in PPP, as well as in per capita GDP. As a result, the author concludes that South Africa continues to maintain its position as the economic leader of Africa, although Egypt is developing much more dynamically and has already surpassed the South African Repub…
Pre-University Education in Egypt at the Turn of the Second and Third Decades of the XXI Century
The author analyzes the system of pre-university education in Egypt, which the Constitution of 2014 undertakes to raise to the «international level». To this end, the government has been reforming it since 2017, which is partly financed by a loan from the World Bank. The main directions of the reform include improving preschool education, improving the qualifications of teachers, changing the system of assessing students’ knowledge and strengthen…
New stage of Russian-Egyptian cooperation
The article analyzes the current state of the Russian-Egyptian partnership with an accent on its economic component. Currently, this partnership is based on solid foundation. It is completely deprived of any political prejudices, based on pragmatic considerations free from external influence and is dictated exclusively by the national interests of Russia and Egypt
The BRICS Role in Overcoming the Covid-19 Crisis in Africa
The article examines the impact of COVID-19 on Africa and the participation of the world community and BRICS in particular in the fight against the pandemic and its negative consequences for the continent. Special attention in the article is paid to assistance of such BRICS countries as China, India and Russia to Africa in this fight. The aim of the paper is to estimate the measures provided by the BRICS countries in overcoming the COVID-19 crisi…
Africa in the emerging model of the world order
А polycentric world formation raises a number of important questions for the scholars. The first of them is a role of African continent in this process. A common point of view on this issue has not been formulated yet, although some trends are becoming more obvious. Among them is the desire of African states for greater subjectivity, primarily through the development of African integration and the exploration of the fourth industrial revolution a…
African sprouts of the fourth industrial revolution
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Methodology of socially-oriented observations and the possibilities of their implementation in the Arctic resilience assessment
The methodology of socially-oriented observations (SOO) started to be developed within the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008 PPS Arctic project. The main objective of SOO is to increase knowledge and observation of changes in quality of life conditions and to reveal trends in human capital and capacities. SOO are needed also to assess and monitor trends in resilience and sustainability of coupled socio-ecological systems and to predict cha…
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Methodology of socially-oriented observations and the possibilities of their implementation in the Arctic resilience assessment
The methodology of socially-oriented observations (SOO) started to be developed within the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008 PPS Arctic project. The main objective of SOO is to increase knowledge and observation of changes in quality of life conditions and to reveal trends in human capital and capacities. SOO are needed also to assess and monitor trends in resilience and sustainability of coupled socio-ecological systems and to predict cha…
Africa in the emerging model of the world order
А polycentric world formation raises a number of important questions for the scholars. The first of them is a role of African continent in this process. A common point of view on this issue has not been formulated yet, although some trends are becoming more obvious. Among them is the desire of African states for greater subjectivity, primarily through the development of African integration and the exploration of the fourth industrial revolution a…
African sprouts of the fourth industrial revolution
()
Pre-University Education in Egypt at the Turn of the Second and Third Decades of the XXI Century
The author analyzes the system of pre-university education in Egypt, which the Constitution of 2014 undertakes to raise to the «international level». To this end, the government has been reforming it since 2017, which is partly financed by a loan from the World Bank. The main directions of the reform include improving preschool education, improving the qualifications of teachers, changing the system of assessing students’ knowledge and strengthen…
New stage of Russian-Egyptian cooperation
The article analyzes the current state of the Russian-Egyptian partnership with an accent on its economic component. Currently, this partnership is based on solid foundation. It is completely deprived of any political prejudices, based on pragmatic considerations free from external influence and is dictated exclusively by the national interests of Russia and Egypt
The BRICS Role in Overcoming the Covid-19 Crisis in Africa
The article examines the impact of COVID-19 on Africa and the participation of the world community and BRICS in particular in the fight against the pandemic and its negative consequences for the continent. Special attention in the article is paid to assistance of such BRICS countries as China, India and Russia to Africa in this fight. The aim of the paper is to estimate the measures provided by the BRICS countries in overcoming the COVID-19 crisi…
The Economy and the Electricity Sector in the Northern Africa
The article provides a deep scientific analysis of the economy and the electricity sector in the Northern Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia). It can be used by Russian companies planning their strategic entry into the region’s markets, as well as the development of the bilateral cooperation in the area of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. The authors provide fresh data on the development of both the…
Eurasian Economic Union and African countries
In March 2022, the Center for Russian-African Relations and Foreign Policy of African Countries Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences held a conference with international participation on the topic “Cooperation of the members of the Eurasian Economic Union with African countries”. The Conference took place at a difficult time, when the international situation sharply worsened that required a rethinking of…
Egypt in the competition for economic leading in Africa
The article analyzes the economic potential and development dynamics of Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa in the period from 1970 to 2020 based on GDP indicators in constant prices in 2015 and in PPP, as well as in per capita GDP. As a result, the author concludes that South Africa continues to maintain its position as the economic leader of Africa, although Egypt is developing much more dynamically and has already surpassed the South African Repub…
African Continental Integration - A New Step towards a Multipolar World
The global economy continues to suffer the consequences of the 2020 global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic shifts in international relations in 2022 triggered by severe sanctions imposed by Western nations against Russia. Many countries have been affected by the restrictions. African economies were no exception, experiencing a strong negative impact of these sanctions because of rising global prices on cereal crops, oil…
Africa’s Role and Place in the Forming Multipolar World
In March, Center for Russian-African Relations and Foreign Policy of African Countries of the Institute for African Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences) held a conference “Africa – the Rising Center of an Emerging Multipolar World”. The conference took place during a period of sharp aggravation of the international situation, which required for Russia to revise the directions of its foreign policy with the focus on some countries, in particular,…
Russia’s Assistance to Africa in Opposing Neocolonialism
Today, the African continent is a new center of opposition to neocolonialism and foreign expansion. African countries, having gained the independence, still cannot save themselves from the control of the former colonialists and the global hegemon — the United States. Africans consist Russia as a reliable partner, which fights consistently for the building of international relations on justice equal base. Russia, as the Soviet Union at its time, p…
Africa in the Conditions of Emerging Multipolarity
On March 26, 2024, the Center for the Study of the Russian-African Relations and African States’ Foreign Policy, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, held an all-Russian scientific conference on the topic “Africa in contemporary system of international relations”. The conference was attended by scientists, teachers, postgraduates, applicants, and students from a number of scientific and educational institutions, namel…
Results of the First 10 Years of the Agenda 2063
The crucial long-term planning document of the African Union (AU) is called the Agenda 2063. It was adopted at the AU “jubilee summit” dedicated to the 50 years anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). One of the key goals of the Agenda is to make Africa a dynamic force in the international arena, which is close to the key purpose of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation – to build a just multipolar world. During implementat…
The Problem of the Shortage of Fresh Water in Egypt and the Possibilities of Its Solution
The population growth rates that increased after the 1952 revolution accelerated the decline in the supply of fresh water to Egyptians due to the exhaustion of its traditional sources. As a result, at the turn of the 1980s – 1990s, Egypt has overcome the water deficit limit of 1000 m3 per person per year. In order to reduce water stress, the Government of the country in the second half of the twentieth century pursued a policy of birth control an…
Accelerated Energy Transition — a New Manifestation of Neocolonialism in Africa
Currently in Africa, as evidenced by recent events in the Sahel, the struggle for liberation from the neocolonial oppression of the collective West is expanding, which, for its part, is looking for new opportunities to strengthen its positions and expand the exploitation of African resources. It is becoming increasingly clear that the accelerated energy transition based on the development of renewable energy, using the huge African potential of s…
Water Supply and Water Treatment in Africa
African countries, regional groups and the African Union prepare plans of development of water supply and water treatment. However, insufficient financial capacities do not afford necessary funding of economic development programs, including those in the water sector. Low living standards in African countries do not allow to increase tariffs for water supply services that prevents engagement of private investments. Under these conditions, there i…
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