The shortage of fresh water, threatening the Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan, has already been written dozens of articles. Scientists and environmentalists do not cease to recall the tragic fate of the Aral sea dried-up, forecasting, and other reservoirs in the region might suffer the same fate: the river will dry up, and lakes will disappear in the Sands. While the Central Asian countries can rely on the reserves of fresh water are concentrated in glaciers of the Pamir and Tien Shan, and these natural reservoirs are now under threat. Glaciers are melting, and this process in the medium and long term will further aggravate the situation in one of the driest regions of the planet.

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What do we know about Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak? Some know him as a great Admiral, the hero of Port Arthur and Baltic, the brilliant naval commander, a specialist in mine business on the sea. Others — as Supreme ruler, cruel dictator. But few know him as a talented polar Explorer, an Eminent oceanographer, ahead of the science of the sea for nearly half a century, scientist hydrologist, devoted to studying the Arctic for 15 years.

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Mediterranean sea since ancient times is the center of conflicts and wars with the sole purpose to control and manage one of the most important regions of the world. Moreover, all empires had been built around him. The Suez canal connects the Red and Mediterranean seas and is considered the border between the two continents Africa and Eurasia.

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We agree that under the geopolitics we will understand accepted among geographers definition: "...the theory and practice of state foreign policy, based on the maximum geographic factors" [1, p. 509]. In our study synthesized such areas as academic, traditional, regional, applied (geo-strategy), critical (including antihemolytic) geopolitics, military geography, geo-Economics (as a form of control over space and countering), because they contribute to a broader view of Siberia to Western geopolitical designs.

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Opened a summit of the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) in China. It's the moment of truth for Russia, and President Putin invited the partners to participate in ambitious Russian projects. Success is very possible, as there Alliance with China — a major regional player. What about the U.S., which has declared the Asia-Pacific region a zone of its main interests?

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Today the Balkans are once again in their history are experiencing a difficult period. A region known for its conflict potential continues to be an arena for geopolitical confrontation of both regional and extra-regional players. A special role in the process of transformation of the regional security system in the 1990s and the 2000s has played the Alliance. NATO has conducted a number of military operations in the region, has implemented its own project of integration of the Balkan States.

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In Russian-Ukrainian relations have entered a new phase. The stage, which can rather be characterized as a confrontation between the two States. What was the cause of this conflict?

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Event military-political confrontation in Ukraine again draw our attention to the inalienability of modern geopolitics from a specific socio-cultural features. Language, mental and mnemonic frame be more durable national boundaries, and the mechanisms by which the collective consciousness is more effective than direct military intervention.

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Over the last decade have greatly increased interest in the Arctic region with the global community. It is noteworthy that the Arctic today is not only in the sphere of geopolitical interests of circumpolar Nations (Russia, USA, Canada, Denmark and Norway), but other States located far from the region (China, Japan, South Korea), as well as several international organizations that have not previously been involved in Arctic Affairs (NATO and EU). For Russia, began the development of the polar region eight centuries ago, the Arctic remains today an integral part of the Russian geopolitical space.

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Nobleman Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov was born in St. Petersburg into an impoverished family of 8 April 1764, but received an excellent education at home and by age 14 he had five European languages. Since 1778 he served in the military artillery, but due to its statisti, the bearing and the outer beauty was transferred to the life guards Izmailovo regiment.

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