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OUR AUTHORS

ABDULMAZITOV R.R. – Director of the Engineering Center GUP "Institute of transportation of energy resources" of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, applicant of the Department of National and Federative Relations of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and State Service.

BALANDIN A.A. – working for a PhD degree at the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University.

DUGIEV A.Kh. – working for a Ph.D. degree at the chair of the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

GAYDUK V.V. – D.Sc (political sciences), Ph.D. (law), professor, head of the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University.

KHALIKOVA M.M. – post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

KIRYUKHINA E.Yu. – working for a PhD degree at the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University.

KOSIKOV I.G. – D.Sc. (history), Professor, Chief Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Expert of the working group on Northern Caucasus of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, member of the Council of the Peacemaking Mission to the Northern Caucasus.

МELNIK S.V. – Ph.D. (philosophy), junior research fellow, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN).

MURZAYEV R.A. – competitor of the Regional center of ethnopolitical researches of the Dagestan scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

ОZDOEV T.Kh. – working for a Ph.D. degree at the chair of the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

PLOTNIKOV E.V. – post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

RUMYANTZEVA А.А. – Ph.D. (political science), Deputy Director on educational work of the State budgetary educational institution of secondary professional education Construction College No. 30.

SCHMIDT V.V. – D.Sc. (philosophy), professor, chair of national and federative relations, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

SOLOVIEV D.S. – post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

SULEYMANOV A.R. – Ph.D. (political sciences), working for the doctorate degree at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

VYSOTSKY A.V. – Ph.D. (political science), member of the Eurasian Politological Expert Club.

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Scientific Journal

“Issues of National and Federative Relations”

Issue 2 (25), 2014

CONTENTS

NATIONAL POLICY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

• Schmidt V.V., Мelnik S.V. Inter-Religious Dialogue: Organizational Principles and Experience on the Occasion of 15 years of the Russia’s Inter-Religious Council
• Dugiev A.Kh., Оzdoev T.Kh. To the question of the Transformation of Traditional Culture in the North Caucasus
• Kiryukhina E.Yu. To the Problem of the Ethnic Identity of the Youth in Modern Russia: Political Socialization and Inculturation
• Murzayev R.A. Features of Realization "Strategy of the State National Policy of the Russian Federation for the period Till 2025" in the Republic of Dagestan

ETHNO-POLITICAL PROCESSES AND CONFLICTS

• Gayduk V.V., Suleymanov A.R. The Region in the System of Ensuring National Integrity and Security of Russia: Disintegration Potential
• Vysotskiy A.V. Ethnic Processes in the Crimean Peninsula: a Retrospective Political and Historic Analysis
• Kosikov I.G. Federal Centre and the Chechen Republic: topical issues of cooperation. Part IV
• Balandin A.A. Trends Influencing Regional Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

• Abdulmazitov R.R. Transnational Сorporations as Subjects of Power Relations: Political Lobbying
• Rumyantzeva A.A. Creating educational cluster
• Plotnikov E.V. Migration situation in the Sakhalin Oblast: Problems and Ways of Their Solution
• Khalikova M.M. Civil Society in Dagestan: Problems of Formation
• Soloviev D.S. The Institute of Gubernatorial Election as a Factor in the Development of Federal Relations in Modern Russia

NEW TRENDS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL of Professor Nikolay Pavlovich MEDVEDEV, Doctor of Political Sciences ETHNOPOLITICS, POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICTOLOGY

Our authors № 2-2014

NATIONAL POLICY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

V.V. SCHMIDT D.Sc. (philosophy), professor, chair of national and federative relations, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

S.V. МELNIK Ph.D. (philosophy), junior research fellow, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN)

INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND EXPERIENCE ON THE OCCASION OF 15 YEARS OF THE RUSSIA’S INTER-RELIGIOUS COUNCIL

The article attempts to conceptually understand the organizational principles of the inter-religious dialogue in the Russian Federation taking the activities of the Russia’s Inter-Religious Council as an example.

Key words: religion, religious organisation, inter-religious dialogue, inter-institutional relations, state and religious relations.

А.Kh. DUGIEV working for a Ph.D. degree at the chair of the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

T.Kh.ОZDOEV working for a Ph.D. degree at the chair of the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

TO THE QUESTION OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS

Traditional culture inherent to the people, open to the outside world, change under the influence of civilizational factors. However, the preservation and development of the ethnic component in the cultures of the peoples of the North Caucasus indicates the variance of civilizational development.

Key words: raditional culture, transformation, cultural safety, the North Caucasus.

Е.Yu. KIRYUKHINA working for a PhD degree at the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University

TO THE PROBLEM OF THE ETHNIC IDENTITY OF THE YOUTH IN MODERN RUSSIA: POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION AND INCULTURATION

Globalization, expanding production, acculturation, on the one hand, unites people from different ethnic groups in joint activities, creating opportunities for the movement of people from one cultural space to another, and on the other, increases the danger of loss of the historical diversity of ethnic cultures and the uniqueness of their own culture. The article examines the problematic aspects of the ethnic identity of the youth through inculturation and socialization.

Key words: politology, political regionalistics, ethno-politics, the youth, identification, inculturation, socialization, ethnos.

R.A. MURZAYEV competitor of the Regional center of ethnopolitical researches of the Dagestan scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

FEATURES OF REALIZATION "STRATEGY OF THE STATE NATIONAL POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE PERIOD TILL 2025" IN THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN

The critical analysis of the content of Strategy of the state national policy of the Russian Federation is provided in article, ethnopolitical problems of the Republic of Dagestan on which decision Strategy has to be directed are considered, regional features of the interethnic relations are analyzed and recommendations about improvement of national policy of the Russian Federation are provided in Dagestan proceeding from ethnopolitical realities of the region.

Key words: Dagestan, national policy, Strategy, local ethnos, land dispute, national and cultural autonomy.

ETHNO-POLITICAL PROCESSES AND CONFLICTS

V.V. GAYDUK D.Sc (political sciences), Ph.D. (law), professor, head of the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University

A.R. SULEYMANOV Ph.D. (political sciences), working for the doctorate degree at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

THE REGION IN THE SYSTEM OF ENSURING NATIONAL INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF RUSSIA: DISINTEGRATION POTENTIAL

Disintegration tendencies in the Russian regions pose a greater threat to the integrity of the state and may activate in various regions. In our opinion, the pockets of disintegration should not be absolutized and linked only with the border regions, any subject of the Federation may be vulnerable (albeit hypothetically) to the centrifugal political "plague." It’s true that not all of them have ethnic or cultural foundations and can be exploited by separate political forces to implement their narrow interests. The article examines regions as the actors of disintegration activity in Russia and analyzes modern types and hypothetical threats of disintegration tendencies in the regions.

Key words: politology, political regionalistics, ethno-politics, national relations, federative relations, national security, disintegration activity, region, subject of the Russian Federation, sovereignty, globalization.

A.V. VYSOTSKIY PhD (political sciences), expert of the Eurasia Politological Expert Club

ETHNIC PROCESSES IN THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA: A RETROSPECTIVE POLITICAL AND HISTORIC ANALYSIS

Ethnic diversity has always distinguished the Crimean Peninsula from other regions. The question of relation between ethnic communities in the Peninsula (whether it was a part of Ukraine or Russia) is a complex problem for institutions engaged in ethno-politics, statistics or ethnography. Upon the accession of Crimea to Russia, the main goal of the Russian government is to create favorable conditions for the harmonious development of ethnic communities in the new subject of the Federation, which is essential for peaceful coexistence of ethnic groups inhabiting the Crimea and the occurrence of the Crimean people in this community residents of the Russian Federation while maintaining their unique ethnic and cultural peculiarities and traditions. The article contains a brief political analysis of ethnic processes in the Crimean Peninsula and explores major ethnic communities in the Russian Federation.

Key words: the Crimean Peninsula, political regionalistics, ethno-politics, ethnos, ethnic communities, crisis, the accession of new subjects of Russia.

I.G. KOSIKOV D.Sc. (history), Professor, Chief Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Expert of the working group on Northern Caucasus of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, member of the Council of the Peacemaking Mission to the Northern Caucasus

FEDERAL CENTRE AND THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC: TOPICAL ISSUES OF COOPERATION PART IV

In the article the author concludes a detailed examination of relations between Moscow and Grozny during the period of post-conflict settlement and further development of the Chechen Republic within the Russian Federation (from 2000 to 2013). By generalizing multiple and different sources, including his own on-the-field researches made in the Northern Caucasus republics, the author presents an analysis of the policy of the Centre in respect of the Chechen Republic. It includes: the role of the federal bodies of power in reestablishing republican bodies of power (legislative, executive and judicial branches of power); building of the economic and financial assistance to the Chechen Republic, staffing decisions of the Centre “regarding Chechnya”, and others. The article contains expert evaluation of “pain points” in the relations between the Centre and the Chechen Republic.

Key words: federative relations, policy of the Centre in the Northern Caucasus, the Chechen Republic, post-conflict settlement, elections, Constitution of the Chechen Republic, consolidation of the regions, bringing of the regional legislation in accordance with the federal legislation, economic recovery of Chechnya.

A.A. BALANDIN working for a PhD degree at the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University

TRENDS INFLUENCING REGIONAL CONFLICTS IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE

Regional political conflict within the post-Soviet space is a unique political case to be considered in detail in order to identify common features of its functioning. This is important because during a short history of independent states historic social and political attitudes of the republics of the former Soviet Union have not fully disappeared. Aggregation and articulation of political interests occurs gradually and under the pressure of external factors. The article highlights the main trends that affect the escalation and de- escalation of the regional political conflicts in the post-Soviet space. For such a qualitative analysis of the situation we have taken problematic regions of the former Soviet Union as indicators. We saw how important it is to follow the national interests of the region and its own development goals.

Key words: political conflict, political regionalistics, ethno-politics, Soviet Union, trends, sovereign state, democratic transit, military intervention, political elites.

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

R.R. ABDULMAZITOV Director of the Engineering Center GUP "Institute of transportation of energy resources" of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan, applicant of the Department of National and Federative Relations of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and State Service

TRANSNATIONAL СORPORATIONS AS SUBJECTS OF POWER RELATIONS: POLITICAL LOBBYING

Modern political process unfolds under the influence of globalizing transformations and changes. These conditions result in the institutionalization of not only the state but also non-state policy actors in the energy sector, among which a significant role is played by transnational corporations. Security and management of critical energy resources today is one of the determining factors of political development of states, which naturally affects modern political process. This article explores the role of TNCs in the implementation of energy relations between Russia and the establishment of its political course.

Key words: politology, TNK, lobbying, energy, energy relations, globalization, sanctions, political lobbying.

А.А. RUMYANTZEVA Ph.D. (political science), Deputy Director on educational work of the State budgetary educational institution of secondary professional education Construction College No.30

CREATING EDUCATIONAL CLUSTER

Present article deals with the development of innovative environment and creation of educational clusters with the account for regional needs. The author proposes an algorithm for the formation of regional educational clusters.

Key words: education cluster, network designing educational and industrial complex, the effect of the inter-cluster interaction, public-private partnership tools.

Е.V. PLOTNIKOV post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

MIGRATION SITUATION IN THE SAKHALIN OBLAST: PROBLEMS AND WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION

During the last quarter of a century, the migration situation in the Sakhalin region is characterized by the outflow of the Slavic population and the influx of migrants, mostly from Central Asia and the Caucasus, who do not seek to adapt to the local ethno-cultural environment thus creating a tension in interethnic relations.

Key words: the Sakhalin Oblast, the migration situation, interethnic relations, labour migrants.

М.М. KHALIKOVA post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

CIVIL SOCIETY IN DAGESTAN: PROBLEMS OF FORMATION

The article considers the peculiarities of development of a civil society in the Republic of Dagestan. The article reveals contradictions in the formation of the democratic foundations of the post-Soviet statehood, influencing the formation of a civil society.

Key words: Republic of Dagestan, civil society, democracy, rule of law.

D.S. SOLOVIEV post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

THE INSTITUTE OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL RELATIONS IN MODERN RUSSIA

Senior officials of the subjects of the Russian Federation play an important role in the process of optimization of the political space and preservation of unity and sustainable development of the Russian society. In this article, the author analyzes the impact of the institute of gubernatorial elections on the transformation of federalism in Russia. The author traces the influence of the transformation of the institute of gubernatorial power on the development of federal relations in modern Russia.

Key words: federal relations, regional policy, governor, state power, efficiency, transformation, Russian Federation.

NEW TRENDS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

One of the main directions in the development of social sciences and humanities in the world is creation of scientific schools which serve as a basis for the development of the main directions of political studies. One of such scientific schools is the school of Nikolay Pavlovich Medvedev, Professor at the Chair of National and Federative Relations of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and at the Chair of Political Sciences of the Russian Peoples’ Friendship University which we present today on the pages of our journal.

Editorial Board

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL of Professor Nikolay Pavlovich MEDVEDEV, Doctor of Political Sciences ETHNOPOLITICS, POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICTOLOGY

The scientific school of N.P. Medvedev is operating from the beginning of 1990-ies. Basic researches, which defined the academic focus of the school, are connected with the study of problems of political regionalistics, ethnic politics, political consensus and ethno-political conflictology, as well as issues of federal relations and multi-level governance. In 1993, the first monograph by N.P. Medvedev “National Policy of Russia: from Unitary to a Federal System” was published in the framework of his scientific school. Since 2007, collections of scientific works "Works of Scientific School of Professor N.P. Medvedev" are published annually. Several research works have been completed in the framework of the NFPT grant and Aristotle project “Political education in the XXI century” (from 2003 to 2005), research project of the Institute of state and law of RAS Open Government (2005), and a competition run by the Ministry of regional development of Russia on the Implementation and Ratification by the Russian Federation to the European Charter of Regional Languages and Languages of National Minorities (2008-2009).

The following major scientific achievements and results have been obtained in the framework of the scientific school of N.P. Medvedev:

– evaluation of the influence of ethnic factors on the stability of the territorial and political system of the Russian Federation;

– development of proposals for a new concept of state national policy in post-Soviet Russia;

– development of a draft Federative Agreement (1992);

– development of recommendations on the concept of modern Russian federalism and a draft third chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation “Federal Structure” (1993);

– development of basic provisions of the general theory of political consensus and a draft Federal law “On the procedures to resolve differences and disputes between state bodies of the Russian Federation and bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation” (1997-1999);

– definition of the content and structure of a new scientific discipline “Political regionalistics” (2001-2005);

– definition of the main principles of implementation of regional policy in the conditions of an open state (2005);

– development of recommendations on the content and structure of a new scientific direction of ethno-political conflictology (2005-2008);

– analysis of consequences of the centralization of the Russian system of power and prospects of modernization of the modern model of Russian federalism.

The results of studies have been summarized and published by N.P. Medvedev in 8 books, 1 tutorial, 5 textbooks and over 150 scientific publications in the leading Russian and foreign periodicals in Russian, English, French and German.

By now, 22 books, 6 books and manuals and more than 10 training manuals have been published within the framework of the scientific school. Among them are several monographs by N.P. Medvedev: “Ethnic Conflicts and Political Stability” (1992), “National Policy of Russia: from Unitary to a Federal System” (1993), "National Self-determination or “Ethnic Cleansing”?” (1994),“Development of Federalism in Russia” (1995), “From Consensus to Stability: Political Ideology” (1997), “Political Consensus: Theory and Practice” (1999), “Political Institutions and Processes: Comparative Study” (2006), “Subjects of the Russian Federation in the Conditions of State and Legal Reforms” (2006 ), and “Russian Politics: from Centralization to Bureaucracy” (2010 ); a monograph by V.G. Кazakov “The Highest Official of the Subject of the Russian Federation in the Modern System of Political-Administrative Relations” (2005); a monograph by А.I. Yanchukov “The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Conditions of Multi-party System” (2005); a monograph by А.N. Оshkin “The Executive Power of the Constituent Entity of the Russian Federation: Problems of Legal Status” (2005); two monographs by Е.А. Kushtavkiva: “Ethno-political Conflicts as a Factor in the Reform of Federative Relations in Modern Russia” (2007) and “Ethnic Relations and Conflicts: Theory and Practice” (2010); a monograph by S.N. Garaev “Optimization of the System of Multi-level Governance in the Conditions of Russian Federalism” (2010); a monograph by E.М. Коlomeitsev “Ethno-political Process in the North Caucasus in the Context of Transformation of Federal Districts” (2011); a monograph by M.B. Bekbosynov “Russian Federalism: Dilemmas of Political Choice” (2011); a monograph by А.V. Ganicheva “Federal District as the Basis for a New Model of Russian Regional Policy” (2012); a monograph by G.V. Ketzyan “Ethno-linguistic Politics in the Former Soviet Union: Armenia, Russia, Ukraine” (2012); a monograph by P.S. Geleranskiy “Transformation of Regional Political Process in Russia in Terms of Political Reform” (2012); as well as a text-book by N.P. Medvedev “Political Regionalistics” (2002, 2005) and a tutorial by N.P. Medvedev and Е.А. Kushtavkiva “Ethno-political Conflictology” (2008).

In 2014, two more monographs were published as a part of publications by N.P. Medvedev’s scientific school in the MISiS Publishing House: one by N.P. Medvedev and D.V. Perkov “Post-Soviet Ethno-political Process: Language Policy Problems” (2014) and one by N.P. Medvedev and K.V. Nikolaev “Parliamentary-governmental Crises in Modern Russia” (2014).

As a part of academic work carried out under the scientific guidance of Professor N.P. Medvedev at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, the Institute of state and law of RAS, and Ryazan State University named after S.A. Yesenin 3 persons defended their dissertations and became doctors of political sciences and 30 persons became candidates of sciences (Ph.D).

The high academic level of the work done by Professor N.P. Medvedev and his disciples, as well as his reputation in Russia and abroad allow to assert that the scientific school of N.P. Medvedev has received public recognition.