To the Question of the Current Stage of Development of Political and Economic Research in Russian Political Science: "Political Economy" or "Economic Political Science"?

The relevance of the research topic is justified by the need to form a comprehensive understanding of the es-sence and content of modern economic relations and the role of state policy in their regulation, as well as the imple-mentation of modern economic policy of the state, taking into account the existing system of state management of the economic sphere. The purpose of the study is to analyze and generalize the experience of modern Russian political scientists in the latest research areas in modern Russian political science using the example of economic political science. Objectives substantiation of the relevance of the development of economic political science as the most important, newest direction in the development of modern Russian political science; analysis of the positions of Russian scientists, representatives of political science regarding the subject of economic political science as a science and academic discipline; analysis of the state of representation of areas of training in economic political science, the discipline "Economic political science" in Russian educational institutions of higher education; justification of the need to introduce the discipline "Economic Political Science" for students of training areas in political science, public administration and economics The research methodology is based on the author's approach, the author's hypothesis about the lack of political and economic research in modern Russian political science. The methods used are general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis of information, as well as political science and economic analysis. Results. The urgency of the development of economic political science as the most important, newest direction of development of modern Russian political science and the need to introduce the discipline "Economic political science" for students of training areas in political science, public administration and economics are substantiated. The analysis of the positions of Russian scientists, representatives of political science regarding the subject of economic political science as a science and academic discipline is carried out. Conclusion. The study made it possible to conclude that it is necessary to develop the direction of political and economic research in accordance with the provisions enshrined at the level of the order of the Ministry of Science and Education No. 118.