Abstract: Up to the end of XX century sexual violence was regarded as a usual part of war, and it was a subject of any specific study. While, the military and historical documents showed sexual violence in the armed conflicts, at the same time these facts had never been put into the spotlight of publicity. This led to the specific attitude to sexual violence in the armed conflict. It was not regarded as crime and did not fall within the scope of “military crimes”. Y.V. Samovich’s article is devoted to the study of this problem since the time of the 2nd World War to the present time, including the conflict in Iraq, as well as to international legal sources on the issue.

Abstract: Much workforce comes to Russia from abroad. The countries, where workers come from, include the CIS, Vietnam, China, India, Turkey and many other countries. The Moscow statistics showed that in 2004 workers from 109 countries in the world came to Russia. As the authors point out, the danger of illegal migration is that it ruins the balance of regulation of movement of people and takes place outside the legal field. These problems obviously influence the national security issues of Russia. That is why illegal migration causes much concerns among both scholars and practitioners…

Abstract: This is a verbatim report of the roundtable, devoted to the issues of religious policy of the Russian Federation prior and after the incident at the synagogue at the Bolshaya Bronnaya in Moscow (when A. Koptsev attacked several people at the synagogue with a knife). The roundtable was held by the independent informational and analytical Internet media on religion “Portal-Credo.Ru” together with the Freedom of Conscience Institute, Moscow Bureau on Human Rights and the “Glastnost” Fund on February 10, 2006. Additionally, the roundtable included discussion of xenophobia in Russia and its expressions based on religious parameters.

Abstract: One of the basic principles of legislation of the CIS countries is that rights and privileges, as well as other means of social protection of participants of military operations, which were established by the laws of the USSR and by the laws of the CIS Member States cannot be repealed without application of benefits of equal value. S.Y. Alimov’s article is devoted to the study of role of the CIS in ensuring social protection of veterans, and to the problem of correlation of the practice of the CIS states with the international standards. It also contains the study of recommendations of the Economical Court of the CIS.

Abstract: At the verge of the millenium the social life and political structure of Europe undergone a dramatic change. One of such changes is a clear integration tendency no matter whether the European states in question are in the EU or not. Some scientists even predict formation of a single European statehood. This tendency, of course, influenced local government and self-government in Europe. This article by D.O. Ezhevsky is devoted to the study of European municipal bodies and role of the region in the European integration. The author also provides comparison with certain tendencies in the Russian Federation.

Abstract: As the author of this article points out, among the characteristic features of the Russian civilization process there have always been hypertrophied role of the state power in relation the the Russian society and on-going reforms throughout many periods of Russian history. What are the sources of these peculiar features of the Russian statehood and how do they influence the development of Russia?

Abstract: In late XIX century Russia the relationship between the police state and the young civil society was generally aggressive and they tended to escalate the conflicts. The absence of respectful dialogue between the opponents led to the flourishing political terror. Then, the issue of terrorism, which seemed to lose its topicality within the Soviet period, came back to the spotlight again at verge of the New Millenium in 2000/ It seems that a boomerang, which Russia threw away in XIX century returned to it…

Abstract: It’s been over sixty years since the defeat of German nazism by the united forces of East and West, the relationship between Russia and Germany has changed since then and they are now economical and political partners. However, a variety of neo-nazi and racist groups, parties and movements keep functioning in Europe and their popularity among the youth, as well as among the part of the population, which is hostile toward foreigners, is immense. These tendencies are obvious in the “old Europe” (such as Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Holland), as well as in a number of post-Soviet European countries (such as Latvia). As a result, the “enlightened Europe” has become not only the center of liberal and tolerant ideas, but a world export center of nazi ideology. The author of this article reviews the issue of historical roots of nazism in political and cultural life of a society.

Abstract: The publication of the collective monograph, which is reviewed in this article, was quite an event in the modern history and theory of Russian state and law. It’s a fundamental study prepared by a group of renowned legal scholars and Professors, such as B.S. Ebzeev, I.V. Levakin, V.I. Radchenko, S.L. Krasnoryadtsev…

Abstract: Comparing different politicians, discussing their role in history, we often see the general line, which seems to guide them. It sometimes seems to us that the leaders blindly follow their destiny, and it seems that we can identify the mistakes of the leaders, which tried to avoid the stereotype. As Jung noted, one cannot lead the masses without relating to the specifics of a social hero’s life. But why did this topic regain importance now?

Abstract: Lately the US citizens came across the situations, that they have never encountered before, and their usual sense of being adequately protected by their state is being uprooted. The book by Paul Feldman and Corinna Lotz, the review on which is presented in this article, is devoted to topical problems of the modern state of affairs in the USA.

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