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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18124</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2018-20-1-21-30</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POLITICAL PROCESSES IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ В СОВРЕМЕННОМ МИРЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Geopolitical Significance of the Crimea</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Геополитическое значение Крыма</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Petrov</surname><given-names>Victor Petrov</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Петров</surname><given-names>Виктор Петрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate student of the Department of Political Analysis and Management</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры политического анализа и управления</p></bio><email>tunguska81@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 20, NO1 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 20, №1 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>21</fpage><lpage>30</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-03-27"><day>27</day><month>03</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, Petrov V.P.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, Петров В.П.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Petrov V.P.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Петров В.П.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/18124">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/18124</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines the main geopolitical aspects of the reunification of the Crimea with Russia from the point of view of the policies of the Russian Federation and Western countries in the Black Sea region and specifically in the field of energy security and cooperation. Russia’s desire to consolidate its positions as an influential center of the emerging polycentric world requires it to build constructive and meaningful relations primarily with partner countries in the region of the Middle East, the Caspian-Black Sea region, and also in Asia within the BRICS taking into account the “Chinese factor” in the 21st century. The establishment of cooperation in the bipolar world is a prerequisite for preserving peace and prospects for the socioeconomic development of all countries of the regions mentioned and one of the main strategic priorities of Russia’s foreign policy. An important place in this regard is occupied by the problems of ensuring energy security and cooperation in the Black Sea region.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматриваются основные геополитические и исторические аспекты воссоединения Крыма с Россией с точки зрения политики РФ и западных стран в регионе Черного моря и конкретно в области энергетической безопасности и сотрудничества. Стремление России закрепить свои позиции влиятельного центра формирующегося полицентрического мира требуют от нее выстраивать конструктивные и содержательные отношения в первую очередь со странами-партнерами в регионе Ближнего Востока, в каспийско-черноморском регионе, а также в Азии в рамках БРИКС, особенно с учетом роли «китайского фактора» в ХХI-м веке. Становление сотрудничества в биполярном мире является предпосылкой сохранения мира и перспектив социально-экономического развития всех стран упомянутых регионов и основным стратегическим приоритетом внешней политики России. Важное место в этом плане занимают проблемы обеспечения энергетической безопасности и сотрудничества в Черноморском регионе.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>polycentric world</kwd><kwd>energy security</kwd><kwd>Crimea</kwd><kwd>Ukrainian crisis</kwd><kwd>Turkey</kwd><kwd>US and EU policies in the Black Sea region</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Черное море</kwd><kwd>полицентрический мир</kwd><kwd>энергетическая безопасность</kwd><kwd>Крым</kwd><kwd>украинский кризис</kwd><kwd>Турция</kwd><kwd>политика США и ЕС в черноморском регионе</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Zapis' zasedanija glav pravitel’stv. 6 fevralja 1945 g., Livadijskij dvorec. Materialy Jaltinskoj konferencii 1945 g. Jelektronnaja biblioteka istoricheskogo fakul’teta MGU. Available from: http://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/War_Conf/krim05.htm. 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