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On July 9, 2021, the Republic of South Sudan celebrate the 10th anniversary of its independence. This study is an analysis of the functioning of South Sudan as a fullfledged member of the international community. We also analyzed the mistakes made by the government of this young country over the years of its independence and found out what consequences they led.

This work examines the current state of Russian education on the basis of data of the researches which were carried out in recent years in our educational institutions. The main attention is focused on an explanation of existing distinctions and identification of the factors influencing the training results rather than on ranging educational institutions by level of pupil preparation. Similar researches make it possible to reveal strong sides and weaknesses of Russian education and to trace a course of actions for more effective achievement of the scheduled purposes.

The author - using empirical data - claims that a meritocratic approach to public governance in Poland does not seem deeply rooted. The research indicates that since mid-November 2015 until the beginning of November 2017 meritocratic rules have been totally ignored in governmental institutions including state-owned companies. Many legal regulations were enacted in order to introduce changes in managing bodies responsible for key public institutions as well as companies. The drive to improve their effectiveness were not of prime importance. The key criterion for promoting was based on the decision-maker's personal trust. There are many implications of the above-mentioned development, including a loss of trust to the state resulting in a moral degeneration from the perspective of political class as well society as a whole.

In the beginning of 2017 our colleagues and authors of Project Baikal received several state awards. Andrei Kaftanov received the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour for his active international and scientific work. Andrei introduced to PB the Swiss journalist Guy Mettan, who later became president of the Geneva Parliament. His valuable article on the Geneva-Lausanne agglomeration was published in PB 9. Guy Mettan was awarded the Order of Friendship. Andrei Bokov, who has also greatly contributed to PB (PB 5, PB 26, PB 50 and PB 51), was awarded the honorary title National Architect of the RF. ; Начало 2017 года ознаменовалось вручением сразу нескольких государственных наград нашим коллегам и авторам ПБ. Наш друг Андрей Кафтанов не раз посещал Иркутск, был гостем III межрегионального фестиваля ЗВС-2003, известен читателям ПБ как видный деятель Международного союза архитекторов, организатор многих международных выставок и конкурсов. Почетная грамота Президента Российской Федерации – достойная награда за активную международную и научную деятельность. Андрей в свое время познакомил нас с Ги Меттаном, журналистом, а впоследствии парламентарием из Швейцарии. Его рассказ об агломерации Женева – Лозанна был весомым вкладом специальный выпуск ПБ, посвященный агломерации (ПБ9). Высочайшего звания «Народный архитектор России» удостоен Андрей Боков, неоднократный автор и ньюсмейкер ПБ, гость главной темы этого номера (ПБ5, ПБ26, ПБ50, ПБ51).