The paper analyzes the emerging law enforcement practice and the state policy of using means of countering entities engaged in activities that pose a threat to the national security of Russia.

The absence of civilizational roots, destruction and anti-Russian orientation is a feature of Ukrainian nationalism, within the framework of which Ukraine will never be able to acquire its own subjectivity.

The article presents an analysis of the friendliness of country communication regimes in the field of education on the example of relations between Russia and Estonia. In the context of negative political discourse, the author shows that education is one of the potential areas for developing cooperation and improving intercountry communication.

Public and state institutions are involved in identity formation, which ensures the uniqueness and integrity of a particular community. In complex, heterogeneous, and therefore potentially conflicting societies, the problem of identity is felt especially acutely. The article presents an analysis of the influence of the religious factor on the mechanisms of constructing social reality in North Macedonia, and tendencies in the process of forming a civic identity are observed.

In the XIII-XV centuries Pax Mongolica influenced the formation of the Russian state (government, army organization, technology, culture). In the twentieth century the USSR helped Mongolia in gaining independence from China (1911–1924), defending against Japanese aggression (1939), obtaining international recognition at the UN (1945–1961), contributed to the development of the economy, health care, education and culture of the Mongolian People’s Republic (1921– 1990). In the XXI century the countries have reached a new level of bilateral relations and prospects for strategic interaction within the SCO, the EAEU and the Greater Eurasian Partnership.

The potential of expanding trade, economic and investment cooperation between Russia and the countries of the region is analyzed. Recommendations for the development of bilateral economic relations in each country are presented. The directions and strategies of multilateral cooperation within the framework of the Union State, the EAEU and the CIS are justified.

The article examines the dynamics of relations between Russian Federation and Kyrgyz Republic during the years of independence.

The choice of the optimal electoral system in the country is most often a complex, contradictory process, which various political forces are trying to influence in every possible way. The issue of the applicability of the types of electoral system at the local level is particularly acute due to the special status of the municipal level of government.

The authors of the article, using extensive biographical material, show the formation of Anton de Kom as the leader of the national-liberation movement of Suriname. In his political struggle, Anton de Kom was guided by the principles of uniting the Surinamese people in the fight against the colonialists, and his tragic death in a Nazi concentration camp contributed to the creation of the image of a national hero of the country. Anton de Kom is considered to be one of the creators of modern Suriname.