The information war is a war on the level of words, including the level of scientific texts, which often become a source of misinformation and political manipulation (often unconscious). Using the works of diploma students the author shows how it is important for young political scientists to refer critically and responsibly to their scientific statements and the judgments of the authors cited by them.

The article analyzes the theories and the models of the concept of political propaganda, which are offered by various researchers of the related to political science disciplinary fields, and attempts of conceptualization and elaboration of adequate theoretical approaches to the study of political propaganda.

The author examines the technologies of network manipulation, which are used to influence public opinion in the Internet social network «Vkontakte». The article gives comparative analysis of propaganda activities of the groups, that loyal to the regime and antigovernment communities, and provides examples of methods of manipulative influence used in social networks.

The article analyzes the factors and conditions for the emergence of political and social protest in modern political regimes, reveals the essence of the political maneuver of national governments and political manipulation in the political conditions of unstable external environment.

For the successful implementation of strategic documents on the development of the Russian Arctic region it is necessary to use modern technologies of system analysis of basic situations and problems in the functioning of the diverse territorial components in this zone. At the same time the methodology for working with arrays of mismatched information of Rosstat, ministries and agencies, major corporations acquires the particular importance.

The effectiveness of solving the housing problems of the population depends significantly on the quality of housing policy. The majority of classical theories considers the solution of the housing problem in the framework of market relations, where one group of the theories (neomanchester) gives priority to stimulate demand for the housing from the population, other (administrative) - to stimulate supply of the housing. Tools and mechanisms for the implementation of urban housing policy depend on which of these theories lies in its core.

The aim of the present work is an attempt to estimate the effect of financial flexibility on the amount of cash reserves with the influence of the hypothesis of precautionary motives, in other words, to get the answer -how do companies manage liquid resources in response to various obstacles (shocks in foreign markets) related to financing. For the evaluation of monetary policy it is introduced the indicator (internal growth of the company value), whereby it is possible to estimate the contribution of the management team in effective cash management. The model considered in this work is tested to define its adequacy and quality prediction.

The author presents the results of the study of the mechanisms of consolidation of the political elite in modern Russia, the most important of which is the tendency of transformation of state institutions under the influence of the political and administrative class. Among the processes of change of government institutions it is considered the cases of Council of the State Duma reform and expansion of the functions of the Presidential Administration that took place in 1990-2000. Labeled processes in conjunction with recent changes in the judicial system confirm the thesis about the «volatility» of the Russian institutions of power, implicitly distorted in the interests of the political elite.

This article examines the transformation of the determinants of electoral behavior in the elections for the regional executive and legislative power until 2013. The author comes to the conclusion that the instrumental model of the explanations of electoral behavior in the elections for the Legislative Assembly is not functional in the analysis of recent election cycles. At the same time, the voting in the gubernatorial elections, earlier explained by ideological identification, has close connection with socio-economic models. Finally, the author provides several key explanations of this transformation: the volatility of electoral preferences, the restrictions of voters in assessing the benefits and costs of choice and the influence of informal institutions and practices on the regional election process.

The article reveals the nature of power priorities of St. Vladimir and Yaroslav the Wise, driven by their relation to the two civilizational fields of the Christian world, between which Ancient Rus was after the adoption of Christianity.

The article analyzes the consequences of the large-scale liberalization of the legislation on political parties, held in 2012. In the author's opinion, on the one hand, this reform led to the creation of a large number of political parties; on the other hand there are negative effects of the reform, in particular, the number of party-spoilers increased. In that context the author proposes a solution to this problem - to establish a special Commission on political competition, which would set a limit of the political parties’ actions.

The author analyzes the most significant channels of the information impact on human consciousness with the purpose to form his motives for choice of a possible resting place.