The Comfort Potential and Development Prospects of Cities in the Steppe Zone of Russia Using the Index Method -- Water Resources of Transboundary Rivers in the Steppe Zone under Modern Hydroclimatic Conditions -- Ecological-economical Security in the Steppe Regions of Russia -- Developing Institutional Support for Rational Steppe Land Use -- The Role of Late Pleistocene Permafrost Processes in the Formation of Thufurs in the Southern Cis-Urals Steppe -- Natural Fires in the Steppe Regions of Russia: Causing Factors and Detection Experience -- Dynamics of Erosion Processes in Steppe Landscapes Caused by Agricultural and Oil Production -- Challenges in Developing Ecological and Economic Areas in the Mountainous Region of the Greater Altai, Russia -- The Integrated Regulation of a Cyber-Physical System -- The Resource Availability and Resource Dependence of Yakutia, a Russian Economic region. .