Review: The paper studies political and socio-economic consequences of revolutionary events of 2011 – 2012 in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The authors give special attention to internal political struggle in the context of revolutionary events in the republic, which had led to the increase of influence of the Muslim Brotherhood society. The consequences of the “color revolution” in Egypt are primarily negative: political and socio-economic instability and the threat of terrorist activity are still significant in the Republic. The research methodology is based on the system and institutional approaches, the methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. The scientific novelty consists in the complex analysis of the consequences of revolutionary events of 2011 – 2012 in Egypt. The authors prove that these consequences are primarily negative: political and socio-economic instability and the threat of terrorist activity are still significant in the Republic.

Keywords: Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, consequences, revolution, Egypt, Colour revolution, Arab spring, terrorism, Middle East

Review: The research subject is the peculiarities of the Russian-speaking community in the State of Israel. The author studies such aspects of the topic as the character of ties forming in the community of the Russian-speaking population of Israel. Special attention is given to the factors promoting the formation of a unique identity of the representatives of “Russian Israel”, the main stages of evolution of the Russian-speaking community in the political life of Israel and the formation of the Russian-speaking media space in the State of Israel. It is reasonable to consider the Russian-speaking community as a long-term phenomenon, which at the present time is an important actor on the political stage of the country. The main research methods are the system approach, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the complex analysis of the “Russian Israel” phenomenon on the basis of original sources. The author concludes that among the factors of consolidation of the Russian-speaking community of Israel were territorial localization, preservation of the cultural environment of the country of origin, a special status of the Russian language in Israel and its place in the media space, support for various community symbols and the socio-political development program. 

Keywords: integration, subculture, repatriates, media space, Russian street, Russian-speaking community, Russian language, The State of Israel, self-identification, Russian lobby

Review: The author studies the Italian parliamentary debates of 3 July 2012 on the draft law about the participation of Italian troops in the UN peacekeeping operation called the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS). The purpose of the research is to study the mentioned debates in the context of the 2015 European migration crisis caused by intensification of military activities in Syria, provoked by both the confrontation between the regime of Bashar al-Assad and the opposition, and by the struggle against the largest terrorist organization – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The main research methods are the comparative-legal and the descriptive-narrative. The author concludes that the opposition and the majority had been united by the wish to avoid the intervention into Syria. But while the opposition didn’t offer any alternative variants, the majority block called upon to combine the efforts for diplomatic settlement of the conflict. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that the issue under discussion hasn’t been studied in the Russian science so far.
The author concludes that despite the fact that the Chamber of Deputies of Italy had considered various issues connected with the Syrian conflict, and the measures and activities which could have prevented it, the parliamentarians couldn’t predict the situation in Syria to go beyond the regional borders and provoke the critical situation on the external borders of the European Union. Since 2013, the Syrians have topped the rating of the total number of migrants. The Syrian conflict is still far from being managed, and the causes of the migration wave are still urgent. 

Keywords: Syria, Italian troops, the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria, migration flows, crisis, European Union, migrants, Italian Parliament , migration crisis, Italy