RUDN Journal of Political ScienceRUDN Journal of Political Science2313-14382313-1446Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)9048Research ArticleConceptual Basis of E-Democracy StudyKopalkinaE AThe Department of Comparative Politicskopalkina.k@gmail.comYukhanovN SThe Department of Comparative Politicsaturnick@mail.ruPeople’s Friendship University of Russia15022014212313509092016Copyright © 2014,2014The article is devoted to formation and development of e-democracy in modern Russian realities. Due to the increasing role of the Internet in political life mechanisms and tools of e-democracy are under consideration as well as new forms of cross-personal communication. Special attention is paid to the political crowdsourcing as a main tool of e-democracy. The given article contains the practice of Russian and foreign crowdsourcing projects.democracye-democracynew mediaInformation and Communication Technologiespolitical crowdsourcingдемократияэлектронная демократияновые медиаинформационно-коммуникационные технологииполитический краудсорсинг