The Restructuring of the Soviet Economy and Prospects for Siberia's Development
This article begins with a critique of American views regarding the declining importance of Siberian development under Gorbachev. Drawing on statements by Gorbachev, as well as planning documents and research, this article argues that increased Siberian development is both an important part of Soviet regional policy and in its national interest. The nature of this future development and spatial relationships within Siberia are also discussed.
On investment and construction activity tasks in the context of Russian spatial development trends
Introduction. Russian spatial development strategy elaborated for the period up to 2025 set new targets for investment and construction sphere of the state. Importance of systematic approach to investment and construction activity (ICA) tasks is determined by the necessity of shifting the centers of regional economic development according to state global prospective advantage demands. Methods of analyzing condition and potential of activity in different regions and economic sectors as well as at diverse stages of project and reproduction cycles do not allow solving the integrated development problem of all investment and construction activity types depriving it of realization possibility of intraindustrial synergetic effects. It presumes elaboration of new methods of structural analysis, scientific and practical importance of which is connected with justification of investment and construction harmonization directions for the purpose of strategically necessary spatial maneuver.

Materials and methods. Works of leading scientific schools in the field of construction development, methodological approaches to the justification of analytical instruments and alternative scientific ideas on increasing economic capacity of construction are analyzed. Basing on structuring method of problematic space of construction development, the authors elaborate a new format of structural intraindustrial analysis providing systematic integrity of construction as the basis of practical implementation of modern Russian development trends.

Results. Fulfilled analysis revealed restraints in posing tasks of ICA integral development connected with the absence of scientifically justified approaches to structural analysis along with the necessity of comparative analysis criteria elaboration within both national economy sectors and types of activity as well as stages of project and reproductive cycles.

Conclusions. Importance of proposals on widening the tasks and modifying the format of ICA structural analysis is determined by the necessity of moving towards integral effect of harmonious industry-specific development with the use of sectoral and typical advantages of construction as well as scientific justification of integral aims and tasks of sectoral management system development.
Women's health in prison: urgent need for improvement in gender equity and social justice.
The needs of women held in detention have received little attention and con-tinue to be neglected by health systems and prison authorities. One reason for this, too readily accepted until now, is that women prisoners are a clear minor-ity group within prisons all over the world. It is only recently that attention has been drawn to the fact that a minor-ity status does not justify the widespread ignorance of women’s basic rights and the considerable gender insensitivity still dominating criminal justice systems.In Europe alone, there are about 100 000 women and girls in prison.