Abstract: In article current trends of development of world political system and Russia’s role in this process are considered. Using the presented methodological approach and analyzing modern trends of the transformation of system of the international relations and the complex processes of geo-economics and geopolitical character several possible scenarios of their development in the long-term prospect are revealed and some recommendations for the development and formation of the main directions of Russian foreign policy taking into account available experience of researches in this area are presented.

Keywords: geopolitics, development strategy, geo-economy, a system crisis, modernization, the bifurcation point, a strategic matrix, the system-scenery analysis

Abstract: The article is devoted to the causes and bases for the Belavezha Accords, which have changed the geopolitical map of Russia and the whole world. Twenty years ago as a result of the Belavezha Accords the USSR was destroyed. Its liquidation should not be referred to as a disintegration, which is usually related to certain objective causes. The USSR was destroyed as a result of conscious activities of certain persons. The historical lessons, which the descendants have gotten is that even a great powerful state such as the USSR may come to the verge of destruction if the power in the state is in the hands of a comparatively small group of political adventurists, who pose their personal ambitions above the interests of the state and well-being of its people.

Keywords: political science, the USSR, the USA, the Belavezha Accords, the destruction of the USSR, geopolitics, international relations, national security, confrontation, foreign policy.

Abstract: The article establishes that a global world is fraught with new threats and dangers of planetary scale, which could cause a global catastrophe. There is a need to infl uence global processes through sustainable development, providing for the survival of civilization. By sustainable development the authors mean planetary-driven system and balanced development of society and nature, not destroying the environment and ensuring the survival and continued existence of a safe indefi nitely civilization. In the future, the global world with sustainable development, national and global security will be provided mainly through this type of development that will promote the positive tendencies and overcome the negative tendencies of global development.

Keywords: security, globalism, globalization, global security, global governance, global processes, national security, social and natural contradiction, sustainable development, evolutionary globalism.

Abstract: Protection of the political system of the Russian Federation is an important goal for the society and state within the framework of ensuring political security. Theoretical aspects are quite topical for the political studies as a basis for the applied political technologies. The author provides the results of studies of the condition of public politics in Yaroslav region, as completed in 2009 and 2011 under the auspices of the Russian scientists V.N. Yakimets, and L.I. Nikovskaya.

Keywords: political system of the Russian Federation, political security, public policy, honest and free elections, power, business, society, their interaction.

Abstract: In this article the author analyzes the directions of fi ghting organized counteractions by the participants of criminal formations at the pre-trial stage at the period of counter-terrorism operation (based on the materials of the Chechen Republic).

Keywords: jurisprudence, directions, encroachment, mercenaries, emissary, coordination, counteraction, counteraction, investigation, interaction, fi ghting.

Abstract: This article includes analysis of the perspectives of political modernization at the Republic of Dagestan. The author points out the key diffi culties of regional modernization in the Northern Caucasus. The author then establishes the leading role of the federal center in strengthening the vertical of power and political modernization in the regions.

Keywords: political science, national security, regional policy, political modernization, Dagestan, regional studies, federalism, political system, political process, relations among the nations.

Abstract: This article contains the results of the analysis of contents and directions of the foreign policy of Turkey at the Southern Caucasus towards Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, which were formed as a result of the break-up of the USSR, and are traditionally part of Russia’s political infl uence. The author evaluates the risks and threats to the national security of Russia, which are due to the Turkey’s wish to strengthen its foreign political and military presence in the region and its expansion policy.

Keywords: political science, national security, regional policy, Turkey, Southern Caucasus, international relations, Armenia, Azerbaijan, political process.

Abstract: The article includes analysis of dependency of the foreign policy of the USA in Afghanistan on 2 key factors: national interests and universal values. The author shows that the confl ict of values and interests in the US policy in Afghanistan lead to its instability and lack of balance and ability to adequately respond to new threats and challenges. The foreign policy of the USA towards other states for a long time was based on two leading ideological concepts: political realism and political liberalism. Both concepts supported and developed the idea of the global historical mission of the USA, which were destined to become the center for the management of resources of the entire civilized world, however they have different political trajectories toward that goals, and also different means, methods and instruments, which are necessary for their achievement.

Keywords: political science, politics, the USA, national security, Afghanistan, Pakistan, interests, values, international relations, confl ict.

Abstract: On April 6, 2012 Afghanistan has again became the object of attention for the mass media: the Afghani Talibs which were inactive in late months organized an attack on Kabul. The armed attack on April 15 was directed to the diplomatic part of the capital, including the embassies of the USA, the Great Britain the FRG, the Presidential Palace, the Parliament, the UN Mission, the Headquarters of the International Forces for Promoting Security in Afghanistan. The attack took place only one month before the NATO summit in Chicago, during which the administration of President Obama was meant to introduce the fi nal plan on bringing international forces out of Afghanistan.

Keywords: political science, the USA, national security, Afghanistan, Pakistan, international relations, values, confl ict, foreign policy.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the current situation of foreign political relations between Russia and the Republic of Peru. The author analyzes the history of formation and development of Russian-Peruvian relations, its current situation, threats and challenges of national security.

Keywords: political science, national security, international relations, foreign policy, Peru, Latin America, identity, political system, political process, information policy.

Abstract: The goal of this publication is to fi nd out and describe the role and place of nuclear containment in the system of guarantees of military security in Russia. The object for the studies is military security as a special condition of state and inter-state relations, and the matter is nuclear containment and its implementation as one of the instruments for guaranteeing military security. The key methods of this study are induction and comparison. The key result is motivated demonstration of nuclear containment as one of the forceful means for the guarantees of military security of the Russian Federation. The results of the study may be used in order to develop the means for the strategic stability and strategic partnership in the matters of collective and addressed military security, as well as for the scientifi c and teaching purposes at the higher schools which specialize in state security. The key conclusion is that there is no alternative to nuclear containment in the guarantees of security of Russia at the short-term and medium-term perspectives.

Keywords: military, strategic stability, nuclear containment, anti-missile defense, strategic nuclear forces, prevention of aggression, threats to statehood, ballistic missiles, nuclear arms, outer threats.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of activities of the International Organization of Criminal Police in Russia in fi ghting crimes regarding motor vehicles. Author analyzes the reasons for the growth of number of crimes of this type, and classifi es the infl uencing factors.

Keywords: jurisprudence, international, organization, criminal, police, Russian, Federation, motor vehicles, means.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the results of studies of differences in perception of information risks by two groups of experts: journalists and special service staff. The author describes the mechanisms for the deformation of perception of professional risks due to psychological peculiarities of these groups. The author then comes to a conclusion that a number of mechanisms may infl uence the results of expertise, which should be taken into account when analyzing reliability and trustworthiness of the results of expertise.

Keywords: political science, security, information, journalist, information risk, expert method, deformation effect, phenomenon, competence, cognition.

Abstract: The study of verbal activities of politics is quite important within the political science, since their sayings are often performative by their nature, that is they not only provide for the characteristics of the political system and constellation of actors, but they actually change the world. Due to this fact the discourse practices of V. Putin in Russian politics become a topical issue for research and study.

Keywords: political science, national security, politics, election campaigns, Putin, Russia, discourse, political agenda, political course, information.

Abstract: The entire history of Russian state is endless fi ght for independence against the attacks of powerful enemies, dreaming of overcoming it. From the XIII century on Russia was a subject to devastating attacks in every century, and in XX century one can see a number of intervention and ruinous wars. In many confl icts Russia was on the verge of fall, but every time it was victorious and national understanding and self-consciousness of the people were supported by it. In the XV century the Russians destroyed the Mongolian Tatar yoke, in the XVII century the yoke of the Polish occupants, who dreamt of making the Moscow Kremlin the residence of the Polish kings. At later times the Western haters of Russia in envy to its riches used any case to attack Russia. At the time of Mongol-Tatar yoke the Western aggressors, such as Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, supported by Vatican and using the diffi cult situation in Russia attempted to take away Western and North-Western territories from Russia and to introduce Catholicism there. Wise commander Great Prince Alexander Nevsky overcame innumerable diffi culties and managed to keep Russia, however ruined, within its traditional boundaries. In 1812 the French Emperor Napoleon decided to achieve great glory by taking Russia, however him and his armies were kicked out of Russia, and his place in history became not one of great leader, but one of a military adventurist.

Keywords: political science, politics, the USA, the Belavezha Accords, the break-up of the Soviet Union, geopolitics, international relations, national security, confl ict, foreign policy.

Abstract: Taking into account the lack of systemic state policy in the sphere of development of science and high technologies, the author establishes the contents of social protective function of the Russian state in this sphere. Based on the analysis the author points out the key directions for the improvement and optimization of interaction of state and scientifi c collectives including scientifi c engineering societies.

Keywords: social studies, interaction, state, science, institution, society, problems, ways, coordination, interests.