On November 6-8, 2007, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a working meeting and a scientific conference on the joint Russian-Mongolian project " Russia and Mongolia on the way to a new partnership (1990-2005)", in which, in accordance with the thematic plan of scientific cooperation between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences for 2006-2010, the Institute of and the Institute of International Studies of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

The meeting and conference were attended by: R. B. Rybakov (Project Manager, Director of the Institute), I. V. Zaitsev (Deputy Director), A.V. Vorontsov (Head of the Korea and Mongolia Department), project participants-V. V. Graivoronsky (Head of the Mongolia Sector), M. I. Golman, G. S. Yaskina, E. V. Boikova, Sh. G. Nadirov, M. B. Meshchaninov. They were represented by: L. Haysandai (project manager, Director of the Institute), O. Batsaikhan (Head of the Russian sector), A. Nyamdolzhin. The conference was also attended by I. A. Surinov, a member of the Russian part of the Commission for Cooperation between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in the field of Social Sciences.

The new project is a continuation of the fruitful cooperation between Russian and Mongolian historians, who previously prepared a joint collection of articles " Russia and Mongolia: a new look at the history of relations in the XX century "(Moscow, 2001), which received positive responses in Russia, Mongolia and other countries.

The workshop discussed the progress of work on a new joint project, some changes and clarifications in the title and structure of the collective monograph, the composition of the editorial board on both sides, the schedule of work of the authors and the editorial board at the final stage of work on the project. The joint work will cover the complex of bilateral relations - political, trade and economic, cooperation in the field of education, culture and science, interaction in the international arena within the framework of international global and regional organizations, identify the main trends in the development of Russian-Mongolian relations in the period from 1990 to the present and determine the prospects for their development in the near future..

At the conference held on November 8, 2007, 10 reports on the previously agreed topics of the collective monograph were heard and discussed. Morning meeting of the Sub-Chairman-

The review was prepared within the framework of the RGNF project No. 06-01-91817a/G.

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L. Haysandai's office was devoted to the discussion of reports related mainly to political and trade-economic relations.

Sh. G. Nadirov in his report "Changes in Russia's foreign policy and their impact on Russian-Mongolian relations" spoke about the main stages, trends and features of the development of bilateral relations after the events of 1990-1991. in Russia and Mongolia. As you know, in the early 1990s, Russian-Mongolian relations experienced a sharp decline in all areas, which led to a significant weakening of Russia's position in Mongolia as a whole. Approximately from the mid-1990s, a stage of gradual revival and restoration of broken and establishment of new trade, economic, military-technical, cultural, humanitarian and other ties began. The next stage of activation was associated with the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Mongolia in November 2000 and the signing of the Ulaanbaatar Declaration, which defined the main directions and prospects for cooperation. Despite certain difficulties in the development of bilateral relations at the present stage, the speaker was generally optimistic about the current state and the immediate prospects for their development. Answering a question from a Mongolian scholar about why the concept of Russia's foreign policy adopted seven years ago does not mention Mongolia, Sh. G. Nadirov explained this by an unfortunate omission of the drafters of the document, which does not mean, however, that Russia underestimated the importance of Mongolia.

O. Batsaikhan's report "The new legal framework of relations between Mongolia and Russia and the mechanism of bilateral cooperation" based on studying and summarizing a large amount of factual material in chronological order traced the course of development of bilateral political relations after 1990, the dynamics of official visits and meetings at various levels, the development and signing of fundamental legal documents, including including the Interstate Treaty on Friendly Relations and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Mongolia (1993), the Concept of Mongolia's Foreign Policy (1994), the Ulaanbaatar Declaration (2000) and other documents, and their significance is shown.

Mikhail Golman's report "The Mechanism of Bilateral Cooperation" focused on the analysis of the multi-level, complex structure of the mechanism of bilateral cooperation, including the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation, its sub-commissions and working groups, cooperation between federal, regional and local representative and executive authorities, embassies, trade missions, consulates, representative offices of Russian regions and individual large companies in Mongolia. The speaker came to the conclusion that, along with certain positive developments in recent years, the mechanism of bilateral cooperation has not yet been finalized and needs to be improved by improving coordination and coordination of actions not only between Russian and Mongolian participants, but also between various Russian ministries and departments, as well as by increasing the responsibility of the parties for timely implementation of decisions and so on.

E. Voikova's report on the strategy of Russia's policy towards modern Mongolia focused on a critical assessment of the policy that Russia pursued towards Mongolia in the 1990s. In her opinion, the Russian leadership has long been held captive by outdated Soviet stereotypes about Mongolia, about its place in the world, and did not pay due attention to it. Meanwhile, Mongolia has found new partners - a "third neighbor" in the face of the United States, Japan, South Korea, Germany, the European Union, etc. The speaker stressed that in order to develop a strategy for Russia in relation to Mongolia, it is necessary first of all to clearly formulate Russia's long-term national interests in Mongolia. Russia and Mongolia can and should be strategic partners.

L. Haysandai made a substantial report on the topic "Modern problems of national security of Mongolia", in which, guided by the Concept of National Security of Mongolia (1994) and the Concept of Foreign Policy of Mongolia (1994), he analyzed the totality of current real and potential threats to the national security of his country, including demographic, economic, environmental, etc.

V. V. Graivoronsky's report "Main trends and prospects for the development of trade and economic relations" examined some controversial issues of periodization, the main trends and features of the development of trade and economic relations between Russia and Mongolia at different stages in 1990-2006, and the combination of favorable and unfavorable factors.

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factors, the main directions and forms of bilateral relations (foreign trade, joint ventures, investments, cross-border and regional cooperation), the significance of the Ulaanbaatar (2000) and Moscow (2006) declarations, the Program for the Development of Russian-Mongolian Trade and Economic Cooperation for 2006-2010 (2006), etc. Despite significant positive developments in trade and economic cooperation in recent years, its volume is still two times lower than before 1990 and significantly lags behind the current level of political relations. If the tasks set out in the Moscow Declaration and the aforementioned Program for the Development of Bilateral Trade and Economic Relations are fulfilled, this gap can be eliminated in the coming years.

G. S. Yaskina, in her report "Joint Ventures and Investment Cooperation", analyzed the place and role of Russia, joint ventures and Russian investments in the overall structure of foreign investment in Mongolia (sixth in terms of investment volume and third in terms of the number of enterprises with Russian capital), showed a significant gap between Russia and China, and made specific proposals aimed at: to strengthen Russian-Mongolian trade and economic relations, including in the field of investment cooperation.

In the report of Mikhail Meshchaninov "Cross-border and regional cooperation between the subjects of the Russian Federation and Mongolia", it was noted that currently this area of cooperation plays an extremely important role, it accounts for up to 70% of the total trade turnover between the two countries. Based on extensive factual material, the speaker considered the main directions and forms of cross-border and regional cooperation with Mongolia of such subjects of the Russian Federation as the Irkutsk and Chita regions, the Republic of Buryatia, the Republic of Tyva, the Republic of Altai, and the Altai Territory. The capitals of both countries - Moscow and Ulaanbaatar-have been cooperating for 50 years. In 2006, Moscow builders built and commissioned the first stage of the Moscow residential district in Ulaanbaatar, and the second stage is currently under construction. The lack of a law on cross-border trade seriously hinders the development of this area of cooperation.

Issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of culture, education and science were discussed in the reports of A. Nyamdolzhin and E. V. Boikova. A. Nyamdolzhin's report "Education as a sphere of cooperation intensification" showed the main directions, traditional and new forms of cooperation in the field of national personnel training based on concrete figures and facts. New and promising forms include the creation of branches of a number of leading Russian universities (REA im. Plekhanov, MPEI, universities - Kemerovo, Buryat, East Siberian). Dozens of Russian citizens study at universities in Mongolia every year. In recent years, Russian has become less popular than English, but it still plays an important role in comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

In her report "Cooperation in science and culture", Elena Boikova focused on the changes that have taken place in these areas since the transition of our countries to market relations, and the need to find new forms of cultural and scientific interaction. So far, according to the speaker, our relations are dominated by old, traditional forms. After a long break, the Days of Culture of Russia in Mongolia and Days of Culture of Mongolia in Russia, friendship months with Russia, Days of Moscow in Ulaanbaatar, Days of Ulaanbaatar in Moscow, etc. were revived. Despite the change of social order and generations in both countries, scientific ties and cooperation have been preserved, including between the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. In recent years, new forms have emerged, such as joint competitions for research projects organized by the Russian Foundation for Science and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia. An example is this joint project, which received a grant at the first joint contest of scientific projects "World of Central Asia" in 2005.

According to the Mongolian and Russian participants of the workshop and conference, both events were held at a high organizational and scientific level and contributed to the preparation of a new major joint work of Russian and Mongolian scientists on the topical topic "Russia and Mongolia on the way to strategic partnership".

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