Aim. To identify and show the democratic, integrative and educational nature of the political ideas of the Siberian democratic regionalists (regionalists) movement founder – G. N. Potanin in the 1870s–1880s.

Methodology. The main tool for studying the political thought of G. N. Potanin is a political and textual analysis of journalistic works in the period of his early work, which fell on the 1870–1880s.

Results. The main directions of the political narrative of the ideological world of the Siberian democratic regionalism classic are established. The federalist orientation of G. N. Potanin’s views was revealed, as well as the concept of harmonization of relations between the central and regional authorities in the socio-political ideological heritage of the famous Siberian.

Research implications. From a theoretical point of view, the ongoing research is significant for further knowledge of the socio-political thought history in pre-revolutionary Russia. The results obtained can be of practical importance for development and improvement of the doctrines of regional and national policy, especially in order to integrate the new subjects (the recognized republics of Donbass) into a single home state.

Aim. To analyze the specific features of young people’s political activity, based on the consideration of the essence of young people’s political participation phenomenon.

Methodology. Based on the data of empirical (both qualitative and quantitative) studies conducted in Russia and in other countries, the analysis of young people’s participation in political processes was carried out.

Results. It is shown that in relation to older generations, young people are not only less active, but they also choose other (informal) channels of participation in politics. The hypothesis has been put forward that young people do not show political absenteeism, seek institutional participation in politics, but organized ways that can provide young people with full access to political life are unknown to them, inaccessible or untrustworthy. It is suggested that this state of affairs is one of the forms of inequality, since young people are deprived of democratic levers of influence on political processes.

Research implications. The study substantiates the assumption that the issues of political participation of young people should be considered as a priority direction of the state's youth policy.

Aim. To reconstruct the social and political content of Nikolai Leskov’s novel “No Way Out”, in which Leskov’s reflections on “real” nihilists were a crucial part.

Methodology. The methodological basis of this study is the historical and political science approach to the study of fiction texts.

Results. For a long time it was believed that Nikolai Leskov's novel “No Way Out” is anti-nihilistic. However, Leskov himself was convinced that in his novel he was developing the “main idea” of Nikolai Chernyshevsky's nihilistic novel “What Is To Be Done?”, which is considering of be the “Nihilistic Gospel”. He attempted to show the fundamental differences between the “real” nihilists, people of duty and labor, and the “crowd of empty insignificant people” who call themselves nihilists. The article shows the main difference in the method of describing the “real” nihilists of Chernyshevsky and Leskov. While the first affirmed the idea of the need for honest work, showing solely a positive example of the ideal “new people”, the second followed the principle of contradiction and exposed the false nihilists. The article provides a comparative analysis of the behavioral strategies of the protagonists of Chernyshevsky and Leskov who can be called “real” nihilists. The article also reconstructs the social ideal expressed in the novel “No Way Out”.

Research implications. The article reconstructs the social and political content of Nikolai Leskov’s novel “No Way Out”, ideas about the “real” nihilists and the social ideal.

Aim. To consider the institutionalization of lobbying from the viewpoint of different approaches to the interpretation of the term "institutionalization" and its refraction in the context of lobbying.

Methodology. The main content of the study is the analysis of foreign and domestic literature in the context of the development of scientific thought about the institutions and the institutionalization of such a political process as lobbying. The author uses both general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison) and methods of political science (for example, institutional method).

Results. In the article, the author considers normative, organizational, interactive approaches to the lobbying institutionalization interpretation. The integral approach is also used for a more comprehensive and in-depth consideration of the process.

Research implications. The article reviews the evolution of theoretical concepts, as well as in highlighting the specifics of lobbying as a process within the framework of four scientific approaches. The practical significance is in the analysis of the structural elements of lobbying, which can be used to develop mechanisms for managing this practice.

Aim. To identify the key resources, actors and directions of the soft power of the Republic of South Africa.

Methodology. The research is based on systemic, communicative and institutional approaches, the principle of historicism, methods of traditional document analysis.

Results. It has been established that the Republic of South Africa is a leader in the promotion of soft-power technologies on the African continent, but their implementation is hampered by internal socio-economic problems. It is concluded that its initiatives at the sites of the African Union, as well as projects in the field of tourism and sports, are of great importance for building the potential of the soft power of Pretoria. It is predicted that the concept of the African Renaissance and the philosophy of Ubuntu can form the basis for strengthening the soft influence of South Africa in the international arena.

Research implication. The conclusions obtained can be useful both for studying the specifics of the soft power of African states as a whole, and for developing a strategy for socio-humanitarian cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of South Africa on a bilateral basis and within the framework of interstate structures.

Aim. To consider some of the many examples of the construction of motivating images of an ideal empire, turned in some cases to the past, in others – to the future, and their connection with motivating myths and their reinterpretation in the fantasy genre.

Methodology. The corpus of texts is analyzed and the historical and political science experience on the research topic is summarized, the methods of political and philosophical analysis, hermeneutics and dialectical logic were used.

Results. The relationship between the stages of the dying and flourishing of the empire and the appeal to the images of the past and future in science fiction and fantasy as forms of understanding myths and legends based on modern political experience is revealed.

Research implications. The study deepens the understanding of the development patterns of large multi-ethnic and multi-confessional formations also referred to by the term “empire”. The results of the study can be used in the analysis of the development of modern state entities and in training courses in political science, philosophy and history.

Aim. To identify the mechanisms of city formation as a political and administrative unit by considering the practices of interested communication, as well as political interpretation and development of urban space and its resources.

Methodology. The main content of the study is an analysis of approaches to assessing the formation of municipal space in the context of the political self-organization of local communities (functional, cross-functional aspects) and the organization of their living environment.

Results. In the course of the study, the peculiarities of the space organization of modern cities were identified, related to the political practices of interested communication, symbolic definition and actual transformation of space by individual and collective subjects of communities.

Research implications. The results of the research represent the author’s contribution to the development of the theory of community self-organization and political urbanism, they can be used in municipal and regional political campaigns.

Aim. To assess existing mechanisms and technologies of interaction of industry associations and public authorities in present-day Russia.

Methodology. The key method of the research is the expert survey with anonymized answers. The analysis of the respondents’ answers was carried out in the expert interview “Industry GR 2023”. The expert survey consisted of 4 blocks, each revealing the specifics of the industry association and applied GR-technologies.

Results. The main GR-technologies, used within the industry lobbying, have been identified. The degree of the efficiency of business associations has been established, and the level of political and law risks for business associations and NPO (nonprofit organizations) in present-day Russia has been assessed. The main proposals for the modernization of the dialogue between business and public authorities have been formed: adoption of a law on lobbying, improvement of the feedback as part of the communication with public authorities, meetings with largest industry associations in the Government organized quarterly.

Research implication. The theoretical and practical significance consists in the formulated proposals regarding the improvement and development of the institution of lobbying in the Russian Federation.

Aim. To substantiate the authors’ method of identifying and analyzing the use of manipulative technologies to promote separate events which attract public attention in social networks.

Methodology. The authors’ PROSIS-analysis method is based on empirical data collection, carried by IQbuzz and WordStat online services, the analysis of main indicators of user network activity (posters, reposts, coverage, requests, sources, messages) and a number of additional parameters, expert interpretation of results. Application of the above-mentioned method is demonstrated on the example of the public discussion in the Russian-language Internet sources concerning the destructive youth subculture PMC “Ryodan” in February-March 2023.

Results.  As a result of empirical data collection and analysis, the authors identified four main quantitative indicators pointing to information manipulation. They include high average user involvement, large audience coverage with relatively small number of user messages, the search queries dynamics and the ratio of user messages to this dynamics.

Research implications. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using the unique methodology to identify manipulative technologies in social networks, to analyse the nature of information flows and to monitor information space. In addition, PROZIS-analysis opens up opportunities for developing new methods of public opinion forming and counteracting destructive information influences in social networks.

Aim. To study the impostor phenomenon and its intrapsychological components in university students who were brought up in conditions of emotional family neglect.

Methodology. The study was conducted using questionnaire methods and psycho-diagnostic testing.

Results. Significant differences in the severity of the impostor phenomenon were revealed, as well as the motivation for achieving success, avoiding failure, social approval and procrastination among the students who were exposed to emotional neglect in the family and the students from families without signs of emotional neglect.

Research implications. The research contributes to the understanding of the destructive function of the impostor phenomenon, which hinders the full mental development of the student's personality and the effectiveness of its activities. The results of the study can be used to determine the optimal targets of preventive action in order to increase the social effectiveness of the individual.

Aim. To conduct a comparative analysis of stereotypes and ageism attitudes towards elderly people among representatives of different generations (youth, middle-aged people and elderly people themselves).

Methodology. The study was conducted using a nonparametric criterion for comparing several independent samples – the Kruskal-Wallis test. Methods were used to study attitudes, attitudes towards ageism and semantic differential.

Results. In the structure of stigmatizing attitudes of all three generations, prejudices about elderly people are most frequent, and to the greatest extent they are present among elderly people themselves, which makes it possible to talk about self-stigmatization. Discriminatory attitudes are least expressed in the structure of ageism in all age groups, but attitudes to avoid contact with the elderly are statistically significantly more present in the group of young people aged 18–35.

Research implications. The results obtained can be used in building productive communications in transgenerational relationships and become the basis for the development of specialized training programs aimed at counteracting the formation of social stigmatization of elderly people.

Aim. To focus on such a feature of future time reference as talking about the future through the forms of the present tense in the comparison of the Russian and English languages.

Methodology. The key research methods were hypothetical-deductive method, the analysis and synthesis of scientific materials on the research topic and the introspection method. The analysis of the linguistic discussion on the opposition of the present/past/future trichotomy and the past/non-past dichotomy is given. Special attention is paid to the question if the tendency to focus primarily on the present is equally represented in the two languages under consideration at the level of the verb forms usage.

Results. It is emphasized that from the linguistic-philosophical point of view the ability to express the present and the future by means of one form reflects the peculiarities of human perception of time. This feature can be recognized as universal for different languages and it manifests itself in Russian and English. An open-to-discussion hypothesis is put forward that the reference to the future through the present is more widely expressed in everyday speech in English than in Russian.

Research implications. The article updates the problems of comparative study of the features of future time reference in language and speech.

Aim. On the example of an animated series, to demonstrate how the localization process can make audiovisual content more understandable and attractive to a foreign-language-speaking audience.

Methodology. The author has analyzed 100 episodes of the Russian animated series “Smeshariki” with a total running time of 600 minutes (in the English version – “Kikoriki”). The following methods were used: continuous sampling method; descriptive-analytical method; method of statistical analysis, interpretation and graphical representation of data.

Result. Using the factual material, the author has concluded that for a more successful localization of the animated series, various translation transformations were used, the predominant of which being compensation (when translating proper names) and loan translation (when translating series names).

Research implications. The modern Russian-language audiovisual animated content has been studied, the mechanisms of its localization for the English-speaking audience have been revealed. The results obtained can set the vector of research in the field of localization of other types of language content: advertising, business documentation, software, video games, comics, etc.

Aim. To prove the validity of the identification and determination of the frequency of use of linguistic means of expression used in political discourse by representatives of the Welsh political establishment of different genders, as one of the main determinants in distinguishing the features of femininity and masculinity of some types of political communication in Wales.

Methodology. Based on the continuous sampling method, the authors selected the political texts of representatives of the ruling party of Wales, namely four female and four male politicians (interviews, speeches in the Parliament of Wales, speeches at public events in Wales, declaring messages /statements /appeals to citizens of the country, as well as open letters). Using the method of stylistic and contextual analysis of these texts, the authors carried out a search, description and analysis of linguistic means of expression in them, additionally applying the descriptive and comparative methods in this process. The calculation of linguistic means of expression was carried out through the use of a quantitative method with the subsequent interpretation of the research results.

Result. By analyzing the lexical and stylistic-syntactic levels of political texts as a result of political communication by the Welsh statesmen chosen for consideration, as well as by analyzing the linguistic means of expression found in these texts, it is proved that the frequency of the latter, and therefore, and the preference of their choice for use by the gender representatives in some types of political communication and political discourse in Wales can serve as one of the determinants of the correlation of this discourse type with femininity or masculinity of political communication in this territory of Great Britain as a whole.

Research implications. The results obtained confirm the importance of considering political discourse from the standpoint of gender linguistics, since the analysis of the lexemes and expressions used in it shows the probable conditionality of the use of the latter by the political communication speaker of a certain gender, which contributes not only to a more correct meaningful interpretation of various political texts, but also to their more effective creation. Moreover, the data obtained complement and expand knowledge in modern linguistics in the field of gender linguistics and stylistics. In particular, the results of the research can be useful in the framework of conducting courses on political linguistics, text linguistics, language theory, comparative linguistics, cultural studies, etc. Taking into account the speaker’s gender in political communication helps the addressee to better understand the intentions and strategy of the speaker, and the speaker is able to more effectively influence the potential recipient of the text in achieving their goals within the framework of the power struggle; therefore, all participants in political communication are more successful in carrying out such activities in their general socio-political context.

Aim. To give an overview and rationale of interaction of such scientific fields as media linguistics and ecolinguistics within the field of semiotic variety of coherent media ecolinguistics vision.

Methodology. The methodological basis of the research involves conceptual provisions and ideas of C. Peirce, Umberto Eco, Charles W. Morris, D. S. Likhachev, V. I. Shakhovsky, M. R. Zheltukhina, S. V. Ionova. The study used the following methods: the method of linguistic hermeneutic interpretation suggested by G.P. Schedrovitsky and G. I Bogin; descriptive method which implies observation, detailed analysis, overview and summarization of the material under study.

Results. The communicative situation was examined within the media space as a semiosis pattern. Its components were evaluated in terms of holistic concept of media ecolinguistics. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to order and to systematize the knowledge relating to the process of semiotic sign interrelation within the media linguistic discourse, semiotization impact on ecolinguistic aspects of the media field.

Research implications.  Based on the theoretical data and methods, the structure of the phenomenon “ecology of culture” is determined, furthermore, its importance in the study of communicative interaction is justified. The article is based on the detailed analysis of interconnection between semiotic field and media linguistics. Semiotics studies media text in terms of its pragmatic, syntactic and semantic perspectives. At the heart of any communicative act is the process of semiosis – sign interpretation, value generation. The main exclusive media text feature is verbal and visual information, various systems of coding and decoding. An icon is the major component of communicative space.

Aim. To identify those features of the polycode text of a medical poster that allow it to be attributed to the genre of medical discourse. The research was conducted on the material of more than 100 polycode texts in Russian, obtained by continuous sampling from open Internet sources. The selection criterion was the occurrence of an extensive verbal component, the medical orientation of the content and the presence of a visual range.

Methodology. The research methods are semantic and contextual analysis, decoding of colour codes, symbols, analysis of graphic elements, analysis of the connection between the verbal and non-verbal components of a polycode text.

Results. As a result of the study, it was established that the polycode text of a medical poster is characterized by the implementation of representative, appellative, informative functions, and the function of communication of constant information. The medical poster is noted to have a thematic restriction. In terms of its lexical and grammatical aspects, the medical poster is close to popular science texts. The medical poster is characterized by a variety of graphic styles. To successfully decode the polycode text of a medical poster, it is necessary to interpret the colour code and character set.

Research implications. The study has theoretical significance as a fragment of the analysis of polycode text of medical discourse, which to date has not been described in scientific linguistic literature in the established genre originality with the use of a unified methodology.