title: ACTUAL ISSUES OF ETHNOPOLITICAL EXPERTISE AND ETHNOPOLITICAL PROCESSES’ MONITORING (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE KUBAN AND CRIMEA REGIONS)
abstract: The authors of this article clarify the subject of ethnopolitical expertise and monitoring of ethnopolitical processes, their main thematic topics, draw distinctions with related branches of scientific practice-oriented knowledge, assess the current status of ethnopolitical expertise and monitoring of ethnopolitical processes in Russia in the context of improving federal legislation. The authors argues that it is unacceptable to narrow the subject of ethnopolitical expertise. The authors evaluat
journal: THE CASPIAN REGION Politics Economics Culture