ISSUES OF RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE PARTY PROGRAMMATICS OF THE PERIOD OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF 2011 AND 2016

In the article, the positions of the leading political parties of the Russian Federation, fixed in the policy documents during the election campaigns of 2011 and 2016, are considered in the context of international problems. The comparative analysis of the election programs of the parties that were represented in the state Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of VI and VII convocations. Changes in legislation are taken into account, allowing more parties to participate in the elections to the lower house of the Federal Parliament and potentially increasing their ability to influence the foreign policy process of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the study was to identify similarities and differences in the vision of the Russian par© CC BY Уляшкина Е. Г., 2019.