PRESENTING THIS ISSUE

• Editorial Introduction. Presenting This Issue + Address of the RAPS Leadership p.7

THEME OF THE ISSUE: EU AND RUSSIA – INESCAPABLE COOPERATION

• Simonia N.A., Torkunov A.V. European Union’s Energy Security and Russia
• Gaman-Golutvina O.V., Ponomaryova Ye.G., Shishelina L.N. EU’s Eastern Partnership: Rival Development Scenarios
• Simonyan R.Kh., Kochegarova T.M. Border Interaction between Russia and European Union: Trends and Modeling

ORBIS TERRARUM: IN AN ERA OF CRISIS AND REVOLUTION

• Vendina O.I., Kolosov V.A., Popov F.A., Sebentsov A.B. Ukraine in the Political Crisis: the Image of Russia as Catalyst of Contradictions
• Lapkin V.V., Pantin V.I. Crisis of the Ukrainian Statehood: Political and Legal, Valuable and Geoeconomic Aspects
• Rozov N.S. The Legitimacy of Postrevolutionary Power: Principles and Criteria

POLITICAL THEORY

• Volodina S.V. Options of Electoral Systems as an Object to Reform (Technologies of Influence)

POLITICAL THEORY

• Lokshin I.M. Election or Coronation? The Scope of Presidential Powers in the Countries of the Third Wave of Democratization
• Kravchenko S.A. New Risks of Food: The Need for a Humanistic Biopolitics
• Bartenev V.I. Domestic Political Determinants of Foreign Aid Instruments: a Model Kit

ACADEMIC LIFE

• RPSA leadership Congratulations on the 20th Anniversary of the Russian Foundation for Humanities
• V.N. Fridlyanov The 20th Anniversary. Interim Results (Interview)
• Grigoryeva Ye.I., Kirsanov A.S., Sitdikov I.M. What Should Be Websites of Academic Journals?
• Chugrov S.V. Moscow University Bulletin. Series 25. International Relations and World Politics: 5 Years on Track