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Modern multipolar world subject to economic and financial crises requires the creation of a new model of interaction and cooperation. The goals and priorities for economic systems development at the level of states and regions have recently undergone major changes. Under the leadership of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the development plans of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are constantly revised depending on the current situation in the regions. In the modern sphere of regional policy, the task of ensuring sustainable development of the economic systems of the territories is becoming more and more urgent. Public administration bodies and scientific and expert communities pay more attention to the issues of state regional policy and its constituent part such as regional economic policy, which should ensure the interrelation of regional priorities of the country with the concepts, long-term strategies, and medium-term programs of socio-economic development at the regional level. The formation of effective mechanisms for Russian economic policy implementation at various levels of government requires special attention. Insufficient clarity of state policy objectives in individual subjects makes it difficult to determine strategic development priorities and reduces the forecasts effectiveness. In this regard, the study of the regional socio-economic development processes in modern Russia is relevant both in theoretical and practical terms and necessitates the improvement of scientific support for the mechanisms of forming and implementing modern effective regional economic policy. It is necessary to work hard on its adaptation in order to form long-term programs of the country’s socio-economic development. The basic thesis of the study is that the regions are the center of forming effective economy in Russia at any stage of its development. The purpose of the study is to develop the theoretical foundations for forming regional economic policy of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and to develop practical recommendations to improve the effectiveness of its implementation in modern conditions.

A new species of the genus Stepanovia Kostjukov, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), S. kostjukovi sp. n., is described from the arid steppe zone of southern coast of the Taman Peninsula (Veselovka village, Krasnodar Region). The new species is close to S. rosae Boyadzhiev et Todorov 2013 and S. fructirosae Boyadzhiev, Yefremova et Tozlu, 2017, and differs from the both latter species by the funicular segments of antenna shorter, ovipositor sheaths longer (up to twice as long as postcercale), and a combined length of ovipositor sheath and postcercale (almost equal to the length of hind tibia).

Aim. To develop a justification of the structure of the institutional model for the formation of environmental culture of young people as a holistic structure that integrates the various actors in this process, as well as the available resources and implemented technologies to achieve the aims of sustainable regional development.Material and Methods. The empirical justification of the proposed model was based on 14 focus group interviews conducted in the Krasnodar region in 2022 with representatives of young people, expert sessions with representatives of institutional structures involved in the implementation of practices to form the ecological culture of young people (12 expert sessions), online questioning of young people (sample size 1600 respondents). The case-study method was used to analyse eco-oriented practices in the field of youth and educational policy.Results. The authors identified and characterised the main subjects involved in the formation of the ecological culture of young people, the set of technologies used (information and communication, game and project) and the resources and principles that determine the effectiveness of environmental education and educational practices. The authors propose a structure of the institutional model of the process and the results of formation and development of youth ecological culture, revealing its cognitive, value, emotional and activity components in the context of sustainable regional development.Conclusion. The universal nature of the structure of the proposed model allows us to extrapolate the main results in the system of pedagogical support of the development of youth ecological culture in the activities of educational providers, as well as creating a basis for their institutionalisation in the activities of the executive authorities and bodies working with young people, not only in the Krasnodar Territory but also in other regions of the Russian Federation.

The paper presents a generalized list of marsh beetles (Scirtidae) of the fauna of the Northwest Caucasus, including 19 species from six genera. New localities are given for 11 species. Two species are recorded for Russia and Krasnodar Region for the first time: Contacyphon lepidulus (Nyholm, 1968) and C. wittmeri (Nyholm, 1970) sensu Klausnitzer, 2009; six species for Adygea: Contacyphon euoplus (Nyholm, 1970), C. lepidulus (Nyholm, 1968), C. ochraceus (Stephens, 1830), C. palustris (Thomson, 1855), C. wittmeri (Nyholm, 1970) sensu Klausnitzer, 2009 and Scirtes hemisphaericus (Linnaeus, 1758).

In this study, the author analyzes the features of the emergence and development of student brigades (SB) in the southern regions and the RSFSR in comparison with the general trends in the development of the All-Union Student brigades. The relevance of the topic of the article is connected with the need for effective labor education of students, including in the modern youth organization «Russian Student brigades». To do this, it is necessary to take into account not only the economic and social characteristics of different regions of the country, but also the practice of previous years. The experience of the period of the 1960s -1970s can help to understand how to organize the work of students of higher educational institutions of our country most competently. In the article, the author shows that, despite the fact that the student brigades of the southern territories and regions of the RSFSR developed in the image and likeness of the All-Union Student brigades, they had a number of their own characteristics.The most important distinguishing feature of the student brigades of the regions under consideration was the predominance of student brigades of the non-construction brigades. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that it is the first attempt to conduct a comparative analysis of the development of student brigades in the southern territories of the RSFSR. The author identifies common features and distinctive features of trends in the development of the student movement of the studied regions in comparison with the general practices of the All-Union Student brigades. The author identifies common features and distinctive features of trends in the development of the student movement of the studied regions in comparison with the general practices of the All-Union Student brigades. And although these regions are the most studied in the historiography of the problem, within the framework of the study, 5 archival files were introduced into scientific circulation, which are stored in the Center for Documentation of the Modern History of the Krasnodar Territory and in the State Archive of the Modern History of the Stavropol Territory. The chronological framework of the study covers the period from 1965 to the end of the 1970s. The upper boundary is due to the formation of the first visiting student brigades on the territory of the regions under consideration. The lower limit is due to the end of the first decade of their work on the territory of the formation regions. This period makes it possible to fully analyze the trends in the development of student brigades.

Some results of the identification of various agricultural lands in Krasnodar region are presented. The results were based on Landsat 5 satellite pictures and CORINE European land nomenclature. Appraisal of the land classification was made with using different methods.

Data on the first record of Microcephalothrips abdominalis (D.L. Crawford, 1910) (Thysanoptera) in Russia (Krasnodar Region) are reported. The species was described from Mexico, and now it is widespread throughout the world in all zoogeographic regions. It is spreading throughout the countries of Europe and Western Asia during last 20 years. In Europe, the north border of distribution of the species in Slovakia corresponds to 48° north latitude. The species feeds mainly on plants of the family Asteraceae, but has also been found on plants from other families: Caryophyllaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Verbenaceae, Orchidaceae. It can transmit viruses such as tobacco streak virus (TSV) and capscium chlorosis virus (CaCV). In Krasnodar Region, the species was found on Taraxacum officinale, where it occurs together with Thrips trehernei Priesner, 1927

The article examines the trends of development of inter-ethnic relations in Krasnodar region in 2014. The author focuses attention on the changes in the ethnic structure of population, migration processes, inter-ethnic perceptions in the context of the identities’ construction.

Introduction. Global climate changes affect the habitats of insects, including mosquitoes, which are carriers of dangerous natural focal infections. When mosquitos develop new territories, they create a potential threat to people who find themselves in these areas. In the Krasnodar Region, a stable population of Ae. albopictus mosquitoes was formed in the 21st century. These mosquitoes are carriers of many viral pyrrhoid-focal infections, such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika fever and Yellow fever. Estimations of biological, epidemiological and cultural data can help to answer the question of the probability of occurrence of autochthonous cases of infection.Aim. To estimate the probability of occurrence of autochthonous cases of viral infections carried by Ae. albopictus mosquitoes on the territory of the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar territory. For the review, we used scientific publications describing the occurrence of autochthonous diseases in similar climate zones inhabited by Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, the biology of these mosquitoes, as well as official reports of the sanitary services of Europe and the Russian Federation. A stable population of Ae. albopictus mosquitoes has formed on the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory. The local climate, including the temperature range is favourable for active reproduction of vectors and autochthonous transmission of viral infection.Conclusion. Despite the favourable conditions for the release of mosquitoes and the formation of a stable population, autochthonous transmission requires the introduction of the source of infection during the viremia period to infect the mosquito population. In recent years, isolated cases of such drifts have been reported in the Krasnodar Territory, which indicates a low probability of local cases of transmission. However, with the development of the tourism sector, the flow of tourists from endemic areas will inevitably increase. In addition, the increase in the well-being of the population, trips to these countries will become more frequent this may well increase the risk of transmission of viral infections by local mosquitoes. In any case, the weakening of epidemic control of mosquitoes and medical surveillance of imported cases of tropical fevers will have serious consequences.

An extensive study of Neuropteroidea and Mecoptera collected in Krasnodar Region and the Republic of Adygea in 2018 allowed the discovery of new species for the regions and for Russia, clarification of the taxonomic affiliation of some dubious specimens, and establish wellfounded conclusions about the ecological preferences of species.Nine species of Neuroptera are recorded for the first time from the North-Western Caucasus (and the Caucasus as a whole); 13 species (mainly Coniopterygidae) are new for Krasnodar Region and 7 for Adygea. Two species of Neuroptera (Coniopteryx haematica McLachlan, 1868 and Chrysoperla mutata (McLachlan, 1898)) are recorded from Russia for the first time. The finding of the thermophilic species Chrysoperla mutata in the north of Krasnodar Region is especially noteworthy. This is northern-most known occurrence of the species. The occurrence of the chrysopid species Peyerimhoffina gracilis (Schneider, 1851) in Russia is reliably confirmed for the first time by specimens from Krasnodar Region and Adygea. A larva of Dendroleon pantherinus (Fabricius, 1787) was found in the fruiting body of a tinder fungus, a previously unknown habitat, expanding our understanding of the ecology of its preimaginal phase. In total, 72 species of Neuroptera are known now from the North-Western Caucasus, 52 from Krasnodar Region and 24 from Adygea. The occurrence of the raphidiopteran species Xanothostigma xanthostigma (Schummel, 1832) in Krasnodar Region is new. In total four species of the order are known now from the North-Western Caucasus. Megaloptera is represented in this region by two species. Sialis zhiltzovae Vshivkova, 1985 is recorded from Krasnodar Region, Adygea and from Russia for the first time. Data on the distribution (including altitudinal) and phenology of three species of the family Panorpidae (Mecoptera) are significantly updated. Panorpa connexa McLachlan, 1869 is recorded for the first time from the North-Western Caucasus, and P. similis Esben-Petersen, 1915 is recorded for the first time from Krasnodar Region

Growth rate of Krasnodar Krai’s economy demonstrates a pronounced slowdown in recent years. This dynamics resulted from both the completion of the regions’ previous investment cycle and Russia’s macro trends. Thus, the assessment of the effect of Crimean Bridge on gross regional product (GRP) is of a great methodological and practical interest. I hypothesize that region’s investments in fixed capital stimulate production and trade turnover. They, in turn, contribute to the dynamics of GRP through the increase in cargo traffic. I implemented the proposed solution to assessing the effect of Crimean Bridge’s launch on Krasnodar Krai by constructing a systemic and dynamic model of the region’s basic industries. I took into account interrelated econometric equations including the simulation component of the macro environment factor. Econometric equations that form the model’s structure are based on the chain of nonlinear interdependences of capital expenditures and dynamics of the regions’ basic industries. They affect the volume of cargo traffic and, in turn, influence economic growth. I constructed the systemic and dynamic model with the simulation component via structural modelling package iThink 9.0.2. I applied the data provided by Federal State Statistics Service and federal ministries. As a result, I obtained the matrix demonstrating the states of Krasnodar Krai’s economy. Probabilistic outcome of these states depends on the implementation of the scenarios of investment activities and cargo traffic. The conservative estimate of infrastructural effect suggests an additional increase in Krasnodar Krai’s GRP in the range from 0.8 % to 1.19 %. The model’s first limitation is that the investment level corresponds to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development. The second limitation is that the structure of investment in the region is comparable with the structure of investment in the period of construction of econometric dependencies that underlining the model. The proposed model can be further modified by refining and detailing the underlying equations. Moreover, it can include alternative distribution functions of scenario variables.

A morphologically bizarre fish larva is described based on a single specimen from Eocene (Bartonian) locality of Gornyi Luch, Krasnodar Region, Northern Caucasus, SW Russia. The fossil larva described here was collected form the Kuma Horizon and inhabited an open marine setting with bottom waters characterized by poorly oxygenated conditions, where it was associated with abundant pelagic fish taxa. This fossil fish larva exhibits a peculiar morphology, being characterized by remarkably expanded and thickened bones that form an armour‐like protective covering, a strong and greatly elongate pelvic‐fin spine and a unique head spination that comprises a conical and posterodorsally directed supraoccipital spine, a rostral spine formed by the nasals, and enormous spines on the preopercle and opercle. Moreover, this fish larva has an advanced insertion of the dorsal fin and 17 principal rays in the caudal fin thereby revealing its affinity to percomorph fishes. The hypertrophied bony plates encasing the head and forming a bony armour are shared with the so‐called tholichthys larval stage of chaetodontid butterflyfishes, as well as with the larval stages of some other percomorphs. Comparison with selected percomorph larval morphotypes (e.g. families Chaetodontidae, Malacanthidae, Ostracoberycidae and Scatophagidae) suggests that the Eocene larva described herein exhibits a unique combination of characters that would support an attribution to a new, previously undescribed taxon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alien species represent one of the most severe threats to the planet's biodiversity, which is becoming more acute in the context of accelerating globalization. The species composition of the alien flora of the south of the Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar region of Russia is analyzed. The analysis of taxonomic, biomorphological, hygromorphic spectra of foreign species is carried out. The alien component of the flora is classified according to the degree of naturalization, origin, and time of introduction. Modeling of the spatial distribution of alien species was carried out using Maxent. Bioclimatic raster images of Worldclim, as well as rasters of the distance of points in space from roads and watercourses, were used as sources of predictor variables. It has been established that the region's flora alien component is the richest in species of the families Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, and Poaceae. By the method of introduction, most alien plant species are unintentionally introduced and confined to disturbed habitats. 53 % of all studied alien species are autochors. The homeland of 41 % of all the introduced species of the region is the Americas. Asian species account for 32 % of all alien species in the area. As a result of spatial modeling, it was found that the bioclimatic conditions of the research area are most comfortable for growing only 74 of the 182 most aggressive alien plant species. Cartographic images were obtained that characterize the suitability of the territory of the south of the Russian Black Sea region for the growth of exotic species. As a result of the zoning, it was found that the area of the studied region most susceptible to the introduction of alien species is 1222.2 km2 (36 % of the surveyed territory). The most favorable for the growth of most alien species are the valleys of large mountain rivers.

The development of the volunteer movement is one of the important tasks of the state policy of modern Russia. Today, many universities create on their basis volunteer centers (EC), which are one of the best mechanisms for attracting young people to solving urgent problems of the development of society, an additional pedagogical and personal-developing resource. This article presents the results of the implementation by Sochi State University (SSU), which is a pillar higher education institution of the Krasnodar Territory, the strategic project “Resource Center for Event Volunteering”, aimed at ensuring the sustainable development of volunteering in the region and the Russian Federation as a whole. Volunteering is viewed as an institution of civil society and the basis for implementing long-term socio-cultural projects. The article describes the experience of the SSU in the development of volunteerism in the region, the improvement of its resource provision, the establishment of cooperation in solving these problems with the authorities, administration and the management of volunteer organizations of pillar universities and the region. A flexible universal model of training volunteers and organizers of the volunteer movement, organizational and managerial conditions and scientific and methodological approaches to the organization of student volunteering are presented. The results of their implementation in the region are described. The authors substantiate the expediency of the creation of volunteering resource centers in the regions, providing educational organizations with a range of information, advisory and methodological services in the field of volunteering.

Aim. This study was performed to assess the state of health of preschool children from Krasnodar Region rural locality according to the incidence rate.Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of six municipal preschool institutions in Krasnodar Region rural locality with the coverage of 855 preschool children aged 3 to 7 years.Results. When dividing children into health groups, it was evident that most of them belonged to I health group. Among children with various health abnormalities categorized as II, III, IV and V health groups, chronic tonsillitis, reduced visual acuity, and anemia were more common. Girls more often than boys had chronic pyelonephritis, bronchial asthma, Type I diabetes mellitus, anemia, chronic pancreatitis, chronic bronchitis, and cystitis. The boys were more likely to experience reduced visual acuity and tunnel vision.Conclusion. As a result of the conducted research, it was determined that the majority of children attending preschool institutions in Krasnodar Region rural localities were almost healthy. In comparison with other regions (according to the literature), the health indicators of rural preschool children in Krasnodar Region are somewhat better. The results of the study also showed gender differences in the morbidity patterns of preschool children, indicating that girls are at risk.

Objective of the study was to investigate the current borders of the invasive species Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus distribution in the south of the Krasnodar Region and climatic factors limiting their expansion. Material and methods. Mosquito larvae, pupa and imago were collected in 21 inhabited localities in August–September, 2017, using conventional entomological methods, and identified through standard morphological keys. Climatic data found on the website pogoda. ru were analyzed using SPSS program. Results and conclusions. Ae. albopictus is widely spread along the Black Sea coast, from Adler to Novorossiysk (Ozereyevka), as well as on the north slopes of Caucasus up to Maikop. Additional investigations are required to specify the northern border of species distribution and to evidence the existence of established populations here. Ae. aegypti were not found in the south of the Krasnodar Region. The obtained data suggest a possibility of much wider spreading of dengue, Chikungunya and Zika fevers in case of pathogen importation to the south of Krasnodar Region, than was assumed earlier.

New faunistic data are reported on 32 species of Neuroptera, 2 species of Raphidioptera, and 3 species of Mecoptera from the North-Western Caucasus. Eight species of Neuroptera and Mecoptera are new for the Krasnodar Region, and five for Adygea. Night feeding of green lacewings Pseudomallada flavifrons, P. inornatus and Chrysoperla carnea on pollen or nectar of Inula flowers was observed. The most northern known locality of Dendroleon pantherinus in the Caucasus is established.

Information about 10 species new for the Utrish Reserve (Acer tataricum L., Alyssum umbellatum Desv., Centaurea micrantha S. G. Gmelin, Linaria simplex L., Hippuris vulgaris L., Iberis taurica DC., Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Orobanche dalmatica (G. Beck) Tzvelev, Trifolium retusum L., Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss.) and about some species rare in the reserve is provided.

Currently the development of agriculture in Russia is prioritized due to the need to ensure food security. The Krasnodar region has considerable experience in agriculture in the preceding period. The article discusses the process of creating the material and technical base in the Kuban, and the reasons for insufficiently effective use of technology in 1960-1980. The main attention is paid to changes in the logistics that have influenced the production and processing of agricultural products. In this period covering four five-year plans, there had been a significant transformation in strengthening the material-technical base of agriculture, as well as observed changes in social conditions, created for mechanics and their families. Measures developed by the March Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee in 1965, contributed to the strengthening of material and technical base of collective and state farms. Comprehensive mechanization of grain production of cereal crops was completed in the eighth plan period. As a result, the cost of labour in the production of a hundredweight of grain in the kolkhozes was reduced. In the ninth five-year on Kuban the growth of equipment of the collective farms and state farms caused the increase of expenses on its maintenance. Therefore, the issues of radical improvement of machinery and equipment utilization occupied an important place in the decision of problems of agriculture efficiency increase. Significant increases in the cost of one tractor, the grain combine harvester and other agricultural machinery, and the cost of repair led to the fact that farms in the region raise steadily the cost of one conventional hectare of completed work. Various reasons for insufficiently effective use of technology in the country received coverage in a number of scientific publications, however, the organization of MTB use, maintenance and repair and storage of machinery in agriculture and the supply of collective and state farms in the Kuban region in 1960-1980 have not been studied. Therefore, the aim of this article is to explore them.

Conducted comprehensive monitoring of pregnancy in 254 HIV-infected women of Krasnodar region with an average age at the time of taking the registration of pregnancy - 26,9 ± 0,3 years and gestational age 19,2 ± 0,5 weeks. The control group consisted of 116 pregnant women without HIV infection, randomized with a core group for age and pregnancy. In 220 (90,5 %) HIV-infected pregnant women diagnosed with latent CMV infection, primary - in 5 (2,1 %) and reactivate - in 18 (7,4 %). Equally often been infected with cytomegalovirus pregnant HIV-infected pregnant women without HIV infection (95,7 % and 96,5 %, Q≤0,5). Reactivate forms of CMV infection was significantly less often observed in pregnant women with HIV infection (7,1 % vs 27,6 %, Q≥0,5). The frequency of clinical forms of CMV infection compared with the age of HIV-infected pregnant women, with the duration and stage of HIV infection rates of HIV viral load and levels of CD4, anti-retroviral therapy, with the term of pregnancy, obstetric history. It was found that the incidence of CMV infection in pregnant women with HIV infection in process of a growing of patients, increasing the duration of HIV infection and the stage of its flow, more frequent multiplicity of pregnancy, reduce CD4+ T-lymphocytes, increase in HIV RNA. Reactivated forms of CMV infection was significantly more common in pregnant women with HIV infection at the lowest rates of CD4+ T-lymphocytes, maximal HIV viremia, delay in onset of perinatal antiretroviral prophylaxis. The frequency and variety of clinical forms of CMV infection in pregnant women with HIV infection do not depend on the well-being of obstetric history, as well as the number of co-ToRCH-infections.

The aim is to reveal the investment attractiveness of sanatorium and tourist complexes of Krasnodar region as well as to identify the specifics and intraregional peculiarities of investment projects.Methods. We have used comparative and geographical methods, statistical processing and analysis of the rating of investment attractiveness of Russian regions.Results. We give the analysis of the place of the Krasnodar Territory in the investment rating of attractiveness of the Russian Federation regions. We also provide the data on development trends of health resort and tourist complexes of Krasnodar region. We note significant differences in conditions of development of Krasnodar territory from other Russian regions and the high internal differentiation of its territory.Conclusions. Despite the availability of existing and prospective investment projects, the economic crisis has had a negative impact on investment. Investment projects in the health resort and tourist complexes are represented mainly on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar region, the possibility of which is nearing the limit.

New faunistic data on 27 Neuroptera species and 2 Raphidioptera species from Krasnodar Region (Russia) are reported. Chrysopa fuscostigma Еsben Petersen, 1933 previously known from Georgia and Turkey is new for Russia. Two species are recorded from Krasnodar Region for the first time, including Raphidia euxina Navás, 1915 previously known only from Crimea.

The purpose of research is to conduct a retrospective analysis of the prevalence and incidence of myopia in the Krasnodar region in the different age groups. This paper analyzes the statistics of the annual reports of health care institutions from 2000 to 2012 inclusive.

Assessment of the potential of wind energy in the Krasnodar region obtained by mapping the wind speed at the height of 50, 80 and 100 meters. The technique of modeling, based on the global experience of assessing the potential of wind energy, including data on the average annual wind speed at the meteorological network and estimates of surface roughness . The algorithm for automated mapping.

Renewable energy is one of the key instruments in achieving international climate-protection targets and in developing sustainable energy strategies for a low-carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduced power production. Having an enormous potential for the development of RES, Russia can essentially contribute to the climate change mitigation by including an effective use of renewables in its national energy policy and strategies.

The article presents the effect of municipal solid waste landfills in the components of landscape sphere (lithogenic basis of landscapes, runoff, vegetation, atmosphere), established according to satellite imagery. Possibilities and limitations in identifying and assessing the impact of landfills on the environment by using remote sensing data.

Objective: to analyze the principles of transport infrastructure financing by infrastructure loan securities issue. Methods: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, ascent from the abstract to the specific, graphic and logical methods, modelling, formalization, visualization. Results: Basing on the draft Federal Law “On the features of infrastructure investment with infrastructure loan securities”, the pattern of transport infrastructure financing was designed. Various means of the infrastructure project implementation were proposed. The potential and lawful types of guarantees are presented, which increase the investors’ trust and reduce risks. The possibility is analyzed to implement the proposed pattern of financial provision of the state-significant projects in a particular region, taking into account the prerequisites, prospects and conditions of state-private partnership development programs. Scientific novelty: For the first time the article grounds the new solution of the problem of transport financing; a specific form of state-private partnership is proposed, taking into account the complex conditions and factors, never viewed before. Practical value: elaboration of the specific model of financial provision of transport infrastructure at the regional level. The authors propose amendments in the draft Federal Law “On the features of infrastructure investment with infrastructure loan securities”. The financing pattern and the amended normative-legal base will allow to broaden the list of financing tools by the qualified investors, such as non-state pension funds, insurance companies, etc. This will also strengthen the links between state and private capital and promote the qualitative economic development, gross regional product growth, gross national product growth, elimination of equipment deterioration, and socially-significant projects implementation. The main provisions of the article can be used inscientific research of the issues of financial provision of both repaying projects and the non-profit ones which do not generate positive monetary flow but have positive social and economic effect.

The tendency of bladder cancer incidence in Krasnodar region in 2003- 2012 is analyzed in article. The intensive and standardized coefficients of cancer cases are calculated on the basis of population data of the cancer register about 5312 patients with bladder cancer of studied localization. The incidence rate analysis depending on age and a residence (urban or country people) is presented here. Territorial distribution of bladder cancer on the basis of the cartographical analysis is also research.

A substantial increase of dragonfly fauna in the Sea of Azov region (Priazovye) by species with “southern” ranges was observed during the XXI century. These species are Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825), Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832), Sympetrum fonscolombei (Selys, 1840), Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839). The species Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825) is recorded from Donetsk Region and Krasnodar Region for the first time. This record significantly expands the range of the species in Europe. The relationship between change in the regional entomofauna and increasing of average temperatures is not supported. Legitimacy of using of insect localities which directly or indirectly related to human activities in the zoogeographical zonation is discussed.

The structure of a fragment (523 nucleotide pairs) of the 1st subunit of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (COI) gene has been studied in the populations of alien crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (family Panopeidae) that established in the basins of the Azov-Black and Caspian Seas in 1930-1950s. In the samples of 6 populations from this region, 4 haplotypes (A, B, T, Lerm1) have been found. One of them has been unique (Lerm1) to the northern part of the Black Sea. Haplotype T has only been found in the Black and Caspian seas region, while haplotype A is common in almost all European populations. Only 4 substitutions have been observed in the sampled sequence, one of which is non-synonymous and there have been 3 polymorphic sites. The diversity of haplotypes ( h) of the Black Sea-Caspian region populations (from 0.181 ± 0.143 to 0.475 ± 0.098) is significantly lower than this in the other European populations, where the value of h ranged from 0.563 ± 0.063 to 0.795 ± 0.065, and in North American populations (from 0.725 ± 0.083 to 1 ± 0). Harris crab populations of the Black Sea-Caspian region have a common origin, and differ in their genetic structure from populations of the rest of introduction area in Europe. The population of the Caspian Sea originates directly from the Sea of Azov populations and, possibly, there have been numerously repeated exchange events due to shipping vector. The populations in the estuaries of rivers Shapsuho and Vulan in the northeastern Black Sea might be partly isolated since their haplotype composition is slightly different from other populations in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Monitoring of the epidemic situation with African swine fever was carried out in the Krasnodar region (federal subject of Russia) in 2008-2013. This made it possible to determine sources, routes and factors promoting African swine fever spread. The major sources of the epidemic were presented by sick and dead wild and domestic pigs, non-decontaminated condemned meat products. During this time forty three outbreaks of this disease were reported in this region; more than 280 ths of pigs died and were destroyed, 36 pig enterprises were closed and it caused a great economic damage to pig farming industry of the region. Transmission factors were as followed: transport facilities that visited affected focal points and were not decontaminated to an accomplished standard, contaminated by African swine fever virus feeds, equipment, etc. Predictions on a possibility of occurrence of new disease cases in time and space are made using available information on ASF spread in the territory of the RF. As a result, a possibility to coordinate future efforts aimed at the disease surveillance in corresponding territories independently of reports from the given region emerges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The roaker species (Sciaenidae) Sciaena impropria Gabelaia, 1976 from the Lower Pliocene (?) of Abkhazia is assigned to a new genus, Carnevalella gen. nov. This genus essentially differs from other sciaenid fishes in the greater number of supraneurals and vertebrae, the posterior shift of the dorsal fin origin, and the fusion of the fourth hypural with the terminal centrum. An incomplete roaker skeleton found in the Upper Maeotian (Upper Miocene) of the Taman Peninsula (Krasnodar Region) is assigned to the same genus. The Maeotian roaker is described as a new species, C. (?) tmutarakanica sp. nov. Morphological peculiarity of the genus Carnevalella gen. nov. justifies its allocation to a new subfamily, Carnevalellinae subfam. nov. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]