The Treaty establishing the EEU entered into force on 1 January 2015. Currently, the Eurasian Economic Union includes 5 States (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan). Conducted membership negotiations with Moldova. Created a free trade area between the EEC and Thailand, discussed the creation of a free trade zone with Serbia. The Union, formally legally as an international organization, maintains a confederal and a Federal building. Supranational public relations in the EEU is developing rapidly. International law because of the duration of the procedures for their ratification are lagging behind in their legal regulation of the Eurasian integration. National right to such relationships does not apply. In such circumstances, the reform momentum of the EEU without making changes in constituent documents may be the Court of the EEU. For this purpose it is necessary to return the function of the expansion of interpretation and recognize judicial precedent as an independent source of law of the EAEU.

The article analyzes the integration process of the Republic of Armenia into the Eurasian Customs Union, its impact on the politics and economy of the Republic of Armenia as a whole, and on the decision of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. It analyzes the number of economic benefits, that the Republic of Armenia received after accession, in particular: the opportunity to increase GDP growth rates; access to a large and secure common market; inflow of investments into export-oriented sectors of the economy of Armenia; a possibility to strategically develop the energy system. As a result of the analysis, the author came to the conclusion that under the current conditions, the benefits gained from the accession provide ample opportunities for the economic growth in the Republic of Armenia. In particular, due to investments, such issues as limited transport corridors linking Armenia with the neighboring countries, construction of a railway to Iran, opening of the Armenia - Georgia - Russia railway can be resolved. It also touches upon the importance of building a new nuclear power plant, which will make the country less dependent on external energy supplies.

The competition of the world empires developed not only in the military, but also in the peaceful sphere - in science and technology, trade and culture. Accumulating the resources of controlled territories for this purpose, empires achieved outstanding results which even nowadays help humanity to solve global problems of hunger, interethnic conflicts, epidemics, and cosmic threats. Large-scale political transformations of the 20th century only marginally affected the degree of influence of the former metropolitan countries on world processes. The continuing competition between the post-imperial associations is an effective tool for countering the common threats to humanity.

This article contains an analysis of the legal aspects of the formation of the state migration policy. Migration is a complex institute, which can be as an elixir for population demographic decline and a good investment tool, as a threat associated with a radicalism. Particularly, the author talks about the problems of the criminalization of society and the active spread of “network war”. The author draws attention to the extremely important role of diaspora institutions within the process of adaptation and integration of migrants. The diaspora is not only a mechanism for consolidating a certain ethnos to maintain and develop its community and identity, but also to harmoniously merge with the country of residence. In addition, the author analyzes the state policy to solve the problem of secondary migration, entering into a readmission agreements and sanctions policy. There are the dualistic manifestations of economic sanctions in Russia. Thus, according to the author’s point of view, sanctions can be not only restraining factor to secondary migration, but also catalyst for foreign investment, attracting foreign capital.

The article presents the analysis of the contemporary Russian political elites on the events of 1917. The object of the study are ideas about the great Russian revolution-the leaders of 14 major political parties. Studied policy documents of parties, speeches, interviews, articles party leaders. In relation to the revolutionary events of the Russian policy in four groups: “party of harmony”, “the party of counter-revolution”, “party of February” and “October party”. The conclusion is significant differentiation in the approaches of representatives of Russian political elites to the events of 1917.

The analysis of the content category of “civil society”, examines the genesis of the views of Russian and foreign scholars on this category, defines the system of relations “civil society-state”; given the author’s interpretation of category of “civil society” as a complex social system; A complex social system of interaction between citizens and the state in modern society; examines the main features of civil society. Emphasis is placed on the system-forming factors in the formation of civil society: a developed free personality at the center of civil society, the existence of personal (private property) as the basis for free development of the individual; conducted a statistical analysis of a number of strategic factors of civil society in Russia over the 2000-2015: personal property of citizens, expenditures on education and health of citizens and the state (as a guarantor of the rights to education and medical care), the formation of public associations; - provides quantitative estimates of the level of development of civil society in Russia; considers the main trends in the change in the size of personal property, the number of public organizations, the costs of citizens and the state for education and health as elements of civil society in the relationship, and describes the main trends and prospects of civil society and the possibility of applying statistical methodology in the study of the factors that influence this development.

The mercenary institute has historically established itself as an extremely effective tool of the “power economy”, the goal of which is the non-economic coercion of a competitor, or its complete destruction as a factor in increasing its own competitiveness. The mercenarism used to realize political and economic expansion was and remains an indispensable institution of military policy. Nowadays hired armed forces also acts as a key tool of the “power economy”, the most in demand in conflicts related to the seizure and redistribution of natural resources and the retention of strategic communications necessary for their transportation. The author notes that private military and security companies, not falling under the category of mercenarism in the classical sense of this definition, essentially serve the same purposes and have similar characteristics. Despite the obvious differences they serve a specific purpose - expansion in the interests of elite groups. It is appropriate to talk about two types of modern mercenary formations: private corporate armies and corporate-state armed formations of a mixed type.

The article is devoted to analysis of the role of culture as an important source of innovation in modern economies, as well as identifying cognitive mechanisms by which implemented the function associated with that role. Study aims to reveal new steps towards the theoretical comprehension of culture in the economy, as well as attempts to use them in the area of economic management and innovative development. When developing cultural policies culture is viewed in conjunction with other areas of life, through which it is realized, speaking as the product of human and public in General.

This article discusses the conditions for improving the effectiveness of the mass media (media) in terms of countering the various population groups, economic reforms the authorities. Highlights the major causes and “statuses” resistance to reform, in accordance with which are identified and possible strategic directions media. Analyses the destructive and constructive options opposition to reforms of the media. Also addresses the issue of MEDIA ethics in terms of admissibility/inadmissibility or manipulation of mass consciousness.

The article examines the issues of ensuring political stability through the mechanisms of e-democracy, increasing the audience’s loyalty to the process and results of elections and referenda of various levels, as well as the significance of the formation of the national-state identity of Russian youth in the context of the electoral process. The key issues addressed in the article also include the tasks of improving the quality of feedback and interaction with citizens, as well as the correlation of the processes of introducing elements of e-democracy and the transition of Russian society to the digital economy.

The article discusses the new stage of development of formal institutions of power, which forms a different structure of activities of the political system. In the article the term “legitimacy” from different points of view, including using three models of M. Weber. Deals with various models and classifications of legitimacy in the political system. In detail the sources of power, their formation and influence on the political system. The issues of interaction of sources of legitimacy and power are very important for the functioning of the political system as a whole. Management of political processes creates a model of political institutionalization that occurs in political systems and the inherent democratization. The nature of informal institutions depends on the contradiction in the sphere of formal institutionalization. Cause damage to legitimate the established rules and norms is the displacement of formal institutions by informal. The problem is rooted in the historical past of a democratic regime due to the interaction of two factors: the heritage of the authoritarian regime of informal practices and the accumulation of political and economic problems of the authoritarian system. The deformation of political system with the influence of the above factors creates the conditions for transformation (informal way) liberal-democratic institutions with the dominance of informal practices.

The level of competition for access to limited resources is growing with the gradual increase in the number of participants in the process of government. In this situation one of the effective methods for achieving necessary results is lobbyism, which in the post-Soviet countries is not regulated legislatively and is often identified with corruption. At the same time, it is important to note that legitimate technologies exist even in conditions of legal vacuum. This fact gives civilized status to lobbying. The current lobbying processes in the post-Soviet space on the examples of Russia and Ukraine are examined in this article. The goal is to identify the specifics and to generalize the most common modern technologies of direct civilized lobbying. The general methodology of the study is neocorporatism. Methods - comparative analysis (binary method by the principle of maximum similarity of systems), temporal (asynchronous) method, case-study. In the article the author applies two approaches for the classification of technologies of civilized lobbyism. The first - includes the allocation of three groups: technology “exchange of resources”, “public positioning” and “intellectual” ones. In the framework of the dichotomous approach, the characteristics of direct and indirect influence are generalized. Peculiarities of such civilized direct forms are singled out: the creation of organizations on a sectoral or territorial basis, the nomination of necessary candidates for elected offices by a group of interests, the involvement of the institute of consulting, participation in the creation of political, socio-economic and other development strategies and programs. Also, a batch voting, creation of expert councils and GR-departments are analyzed. Examples are given based on real data from Ukraine and Russia. In the future, the author will expand the study, focusing on modern indirect technologies of civilized lobbying in Ukraine and Russia.

This research is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of the USAN integration group. The issue is especially topical because of the growing cooperation between Russia and Latin America within the New Development Bank (NDB) BRICS. The research is conducted on the basis of officially published macroeconomic indicators and the use of USAN results, deductive and inductive methods, statistical data and logical conclusions. As a result of the research, the negative consequences of the delay in the abolition of MERCOSUR were revealed against the backdrop of the creation of USAN. Strategic measures were recommended to increase the influence of the group in the world.