Abstract: The subject of this research consists in determination of legal component of creation and functionality of the technological strategic alliances, taking into account Russian experience and the experience of other countries. The article reveals that the agreement-based strategic alliances are assigned the key position, as such structures ensure sustainable and effective development of technological sector of the economy of each country. Based on the analysis of international and Russian experience, systematic review and author’s conclusions are presented the peculiarities of creation of such structures. The author analyzes the possible forms of establishment of strategic alliance with participation of the Russian companies. The creation of such treaty-based unions may become an instrument for stemming the operational risks for particular participants, since the reduction in transaction costs and influence of synergism of the business approximate an organization to achieving strategic goals. It is underlined that there is currently a number of objective obstacles in establishment of the long-term partnership relations between the Russian and foreign subjects and creation of transnational associations.

Keywords: economic sanctions, interfirm networks, antitrust regulation, alliance agreements, framework agreements, outsourcing contracts, oil service contracts, investment strategies, strategic alliances, import substitution

Abstract: This article examines the Japan’s strategy on allocation of the proprietary investments overseas, as well as attraction of foreign investments to the country. In this context, special attention is given to the particular aspects of the Russia-Japan investment cooperation in form of investments, as well as the objects of production and infrastructure, including the cooperation in energy sphere (oil, gas, and generated in the Russian Federation electrical energy). The author touches upon the position of parties regarding the question of joint economic use of the South Kuril Islands. The scientific novelty lies in consideration from the perspective of Russia’s interests and opportunities of the approaches towards investment “from” and “to” Japan. A conclusion is made that both, Russia and Japan have a potential for cooperation, opportunities and interest; however, it remains to be seen which of the indicated scenarios will prevail.

Keywords: oil supplies, energy, trade by production, infrastructure facilities, Japan, Russia, investments, Russian-generated electricity, Advanced Development Territories (ADTs), Southern Kuriles

Abstract: The article addresses the issues of legal regulation of labor relations complicated by a foreign element within the BRICS countries on the example of South Africa. It identifies the main problems faced by countries with common law and civil law legal orders with regard to the inclusion of labor in the circulation of goods and services in the context of labor migration. The author offers a comparative legal study that opens opportunities to predict the direction in which economic coordination and integration with the participation of Russia could be further developed and relative legal regulations could be made in the future taking into account the urgent needs for the improvement of the existing Russian legislation. This work is done with the use of the following scientific methods: systemic analysis and synthesis of normative acts and practical materials, formal and dialectical logic: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, hypothesis, analogy, and special methods of legal studies – comparative legal and historical-legal, systemic analysis and interpretation of legal norms. The novelty of the research consists in the attention to legal regulation, problems and prospects of activity of trade unions, including the possibility of concluding supranational (international) collective agreements, in one of the five BRICS countries belonging to different legal orders - South Africa. The author explores legal aspects of the activities of trade unions, trying to answer the question if there any preconditions for unification of the results of their activities - collective agreements.

Keywords: aparteide, collective bargening, collective agreement, labor unions, foreign element, labor relations, South Africa, BRICS, strike, lock-out

Abstract: Integration processes at present stage of development has swept entire world. African continent is not an exception; there is a significant number of regional organizations, many of which have existed for decades, and African states are often members of several organizations. This article is devoted to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the history of its creation; functioning; institutional framework; regulations developed within it; and the impact that it has upon national law of member-states of the organization. Special attention is given to the integration role that can be played by this organization. The article explores specific projects undertaken within the framework of cooperation of the member-states on the platform of this organization. IGAD is still at the level of coordination and harmonization among the member-states and has yet to reach the stage of integration in the form of, for example, a free trade zone. The author also emphasizes the complexity of the work of the organization associated with the duplication of projects in the region due to the overlapping duties of the two regional organizations of IGAD and COMESA.

Keywords: Member-state, international treaties, international obligations, integration, East Africa, national law, regional law, International law, regionalization, cooperation

Abstract: The article is devoted to a topical problem of peacemaking within the activities of the UN. Special attention is paid to the role of so-called “great empires” within the structure of organization, the author studies the historical retrospective and the modern meaning of this term. The author also analyzes the activities of the states, which form the constant elements of the Security Council in the sphere of protection of peace and peacekeeping. Keywords: political science, UN, UNO, the Security Council, peacekeeping, great empires, politics, peacekeeping operations, veto, international organization, international disputes and conflicts

Abstract: Development of information processes leads to the political space becoming more informaticized, and the information space becoming more political. The information and political space has three levels: territorial, regional, and global. The new information and political systems, which are currently being formed in the world, as a result of information processes, as well as internal and international political processes, became the subject of analysis in this article.

Abstract: The author of this article examines the current problems associated with the admission of a foreign state and its part into the Russian Federation. As the author notes, the first and main problem of legislative regulation of the admission of a new subject to the Russian Federation is the legislator's ignoring of some possible options for the entry of a new territory into the Russian Federation on the rights of a subject. The Federal Constitutional Law is silent about the possibility of including a foreign territory into the Russian Federation with its entry into the existing subject of the Russian Federation. As an example, the article considers South Ossetia...