PROBLEM OF RUSSIAN COMPATRIOTS ABROAD IN CONTEXT OF ELITE APPROACH
The problem of the Russian compatriots living abroad is one of the most important and actual problems of modern Russian foreign policy. Meanwhile, the example of Russian-speaking communities in the USA testifies that it can be successfully overcome with use of the elite approach. As a result, the factor of political elite is capable to overcome historical Russian emigrants' historical, mental and ideological dissociation and to provide consolidation of the Russian compatriots on the basis of Russian диаспоральной politicians.