World financial crisis and international connections of Rus- sian regions
In article devoted to global crisis and international contacts ofthe Russian regions, it is said that the boundary XX - XXI century "is noted by high dynamics of social and economic changes in the world, formation of new architecture of the international relations". The author of article considers quite pertinent "to formulate a question on a role of the international activity of the Russian regions in preservation (or maintenance) the international image of Russia in the conditions of world crisis".