GorskayaAnastasiaN.Country: RussiaCity: SaranskCompany: National Research Mordovian State University, MRSU, 68 Bolchevistskaya Str., Saransk 430005, RussiaE-mail: gorskaya_nastya@mail.ru Author's articles Influence of Representatives of the Ruling Elite of the Smolensk Region on the Dynamics of Relations with the Republic of Belarus