for many political observers, the collapse of the soviet :union: would lead to accelerate the process of democratization in all the remained countries from this event, especially russia. but very soon it was clear that the country is confronted with many critical obstacles in this way. the considerable weakness of the civil society and its institutions along with the legacy of centralized power...

“grand policies” are based on philosophical foundation of political regimes, and they are related with strategic problems of political system. because of philosophical nature and strategic level of grand policies, it is recommended that they have not to be numerous. in iranian political system, official structure of policy making procedure begins by the expediency council. this council, accordi...

A new water mite species, Hygrobates zawali n. sp., is described from material collected in the ancient Lake Ohrid on the Balkan Peninsula. This species has been confused for a long time with the rhithrobiontic H. diversiporus Sokolow, 1927, known from the Caucasus (Russia) and Turkey. The new species closely resembles H. quanaticola Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976, a little documented species...

This article compares and contrasts the Astana Process, which Türkiye, Russia, Iran devised for Syria, with Six-Way Platform Initiative, Türkiye has offered as a solution mechanism to promote peaceful conditions foster cooperation in South Caucasus. In this vein, process tracing method is applied assess initiative's chances of success. Over past twenty years, peace proposals Caucasus have been ...

Introduction. The relevance of the study cross-cultural marriages in Russia and Iran is due to fact that are characterized by both attention observance cultural needs desire for innovative development. These contradictory manifestations also manifested family marriage relations. There a shortage empirical studies reflect range opinions various social strata Iran, allowing comparative analysis a...

Since the beginning of 2022, relations between Russian Federation and Islamic Republic Iran have intensified, directly affecting all areas cooperation two countries. In addition to general positive trend starting in 2012, Ukrainian crisis subsequent sanctions imposed on by European Union, United States others, which significantly limited political circle Russia's engagement, become main drivers...

Introduction. The urgent issue of the challenges COVID-19 pandemic, which negatively affected demographic development world’s countries, is search for new effective mechanisms potential, not possible without appropriate justification monitoring data. aim study to analyze trends in processes and assess reproductive behavior population Russia Iran, as well develop recommendations field processes,...