The political processes triggered in Ukraine in late November 2013 led to radical changes in the country. The protests targeted initially against the policy of the government that abandoned the EU association have grown into coup. Аs a result the power in Kiev was seized by representatives of the radical nationalist parties. The consequences of their governance were the civil war in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, aggravation of the Russian-Ukrainian relationships and Kiev orientation to Western countries. And the West, seeking its own geopolitical pursuits, welcomes the changed foreign political course of Ukraine and worsening of its relations with Russia.

The article are currented issues institutional model of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the context of the achievements, challenges and dilemmas of foreign policy and diplomacy of post-Soviet states and their influence on the bilateral state relations between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the evolution of the foreign policy of these countries with respect to each other in a globalized world, threats and new challenges today.

The article analyzes the Iranian policy in the Caspian Region, the stages of its formation, problems and the effect of external factors. Much attention is focused on relationships of Iran in the energy area and also the issues of hydrocarbon production and export.

One of the most difficult and contradictory periods of domestic history is examined in the article. Thus an author uses the wide circle of the archived materials, allowing completer to expose the specific of state-political process in 1917.

This article addresses one of the most sensitive present-day issues in modern international relations - the Katyn tragedy. The unbiased outlook on this historical and international problem permits to restore the historical justice, to present objectively the picture of killing the Polish officers.

This article studies the energy policy of China in Central Asia, analyzes the principal approaches to pursuance by Beijing of its energy policy. The plans of China concerning development of the shale gas production that have been recently in the focus of Beijing policy are investigated.

In the recent time we have been witnessing the progressing Eurasian integration processes based on economic integration. In this context, we see the growing interest to Eurasianism that was approached not in terms of the “cold-head calculations”, but as civilizational, cultural, historical and formational determinism.

This article analyzes the geopolitical struggle by means of “revolutions” as the instrument for organizing the coup d’etat. Using the extensive sources, the author studies the causes, driving forces, the role of external factors in preparation and accomplishment of coup d’etat.