Abstract: The research object is the role of China’s assistance in the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies projects in the context of international assistance of China to Africa, and the role of the Forum on China-Africa cooperation (FOCAC) in this process. The research subject is the set of measures used by China to provide such assistance including that within FOCAC. The author studies such aspects of the topic as the importance of Chinese transnational corporations operating in the field of communication technologies, the role of FOCAC as a platform helping realize effective cooperation between China and Africa in the field of telecommunication, and the reaction of Western countries to such actions of Beijing. To solve the research tasks the author uses the following methods: structural-logical, the system approach, historical and economical and statistical analysis. The author arrives at the following conclusions: 1) the Information and Communication Technologies field is one of the most promising market sectors for China in Africa, as its corporations have a range of advantages compared with their Western competitors; 2) in consideration of close connection between Chinese companies and the government, it is obvious that through this interaction, Beijing successfully extends the pool of its political partners; 3) FOCAC plays a special role as it is the only mechanism allowing China to realize its African vector of external policy bilaterally and multilaterally. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the fact that the author analyzes the topic which hasn’t been studied sufficiently enough in Russian and foreign historiography; the author analyzes new sources and attempts to define the role of FOCAC particularly in cooperation in the field of telecommunication. 
 

Abstract: The subect of the research is the cooperation between the Peoples' Republic of China and Russian Federation within the United Nations as the parties of the bilateral relations that gained a complex and multilateral nature in the XXIst century from their economic cooperation to the support of individual political initiatives offered at international forumas. The author of the article examines contemporary issues of the matter and analyzes the relationship between these two states in regard to the political events that have been taking place in the Ukraine. The researcher focuses on the areas of common national interest of Russia and China within the framework of universal international organisation, the United Nations, and provides a detailed description thereof. At the end of the article the author concludes that the China-and-Russia relations are getting deeper and diverse and despite contradictions and disagreements, the parties follow their contractual and partnership obligations.