Russia

The role of the geopolitical factor in modern Russian politics is explored in the article. The urgency of geopolitical problems and priorities in the formation and development of modern Russia is analyzed. Its main geostrategic priorities are considered at the present stage. The authors come to the conclusion that the list of priorities for Russia will continue to undergo changes, and in the process of its formation it is extremely important to combine geopolitical and civilizational principles.

This article examines the problem of developing methodology and research tools in sociology and other humanities. On the basis of methodological paradigms classification, proposed by Zhan Toschenko, the constructive paradigm possessing a great heuristic potential for studying the social realities of contemporary Russia is presented. Therefore the shortcomings inherent in the traditional analytical model are overcome.

The article considers the problem of correlation of the facts of accession and loss of the Crimea with the periods of Russian integration activity and state power. The Crimea historically is an important component of the Russian imperial space, and was often at the center of the processes that determined the degree of integration activity and state power of Russia.

The article is devoted to corruption in modern society. In the work given different definitions of corruption. The author considers corruption as a social phenomenon that has a clearly expressed system of the quality.

The article analyzes the problem of civilizational choice of Russia and its alternative in the political development. The author describes concepts of the alternatives in Russian political science and shows implementation of the alternatives on akey stages of the history of the country. Author analyzes the combination of European and Russian ways in the politics of modern Russia.