Scientific section. Politology

This paper is examine crucial aspects of studies of political Islam in modern Russia. The main aim of article is improvement the understanding of the key problems of Russian Islam in terms of integration of muslim people into policonfessional Russian society.

The article describes the main conditions and principles of formation of the Russian parliamentarism, the brief description of basics of the electoral process at that time.

Problem theoretical aspects of the study of the foreign policy mechanism have been considered. Approaches of researchers have been offered. It was shown that the foreign policy mechanism is in the form of the political system, which provides the definition of the goals, objectives, priorities and directions of the foreign policy, and the allocation of resources for its implementation. The elements of foreign policy mechanism are divided into constitutional (state bodies) and extra-constitutional (political parties, NGOs, economic structures, public opinion).

The article summarizes the results of the expert survey, dedicated to the comprehensive analysis of the information space. The study analyzed the problems of the media functionality of their position in the media space, building communications with the government and society, mechanisms of formation of an information agenda. Also, based on expert judgment by the authors offered the option of rating the regional media.