Abstract: The subject of the study is the Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of higher education. The object of the research is a program of double degrees in the "Musicology and Applied Musical Arts" training sphere, realized by the Moscow State Institute of Culture and Tianjin Normal University. The author examines such aspects of the subject as current issues in the implementation of this program. The nature of emerging issues is emphasized, which is mainly formed due to the permanent reform of the higher education system in Russia. The methodology of the research is the set of field and desk studies, the latter of which is both retrospective and conjunctural. The main conclusion of the research is the necessity for comprehensive expansion and strengthening of the program of cooperation in the field of higher education between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, and, primarily, in the "Musicology and Applied Musical Arts" training sphere. A special contribution of the author to the study of the topic is the combination of the field type of the study with a significant addition of desk developments, both retrospective and conjunctural. The novelty of the research lies in the consideration of the problems of cooperation in the field of higher education in the "Musicology and Applied Musical Arts" training sphere. 
 

Abstract: The subject of the research is a range of economic interrelations in regional economics in the sphere of economic security. The object of the research includes industrial and agro-industrial sectors of regional economics. The author considers the advantages of cluster integration for the solution of the most important issues of economic and biosafety of a region. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the applied methods in terms of the existing situation on the international scene and to the consideration of these problems in Moscow region. The author uses the methods of abstraction, deduction, induction, logics, and the method of economic statistics. The author enumerates the government interests which are realized by means of strengthening of economic clusters in the regions. The author assesses the positive and negative sides of integration within the clusters. The author attempts to predict the prospect of the future development of industrial and agro-industrial clusters of regional economics.