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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">282</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Influence of ethnical and political elite on a conflict-genic sitationin the South of Russia</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Influence of ethnical and political elite on a conflict-genic sitationin the South of Russia</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Kulova</surname><given-names>Karina N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kulova</surname><given-names>Karina N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>Crafty_HopE@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff364" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff364"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2013</year></pub-date><issue>4</issue><fpage>347</fpage><lpage>352</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/4/article/282">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/4/article/282</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(37)/347-352.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/4(37)/347-352.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The author reveals the content of the notion “ethno-political elite”, analyzes ethno-political situation in the South of Russia and the problem of ethnicization, considers conflictogene factors   in international relations. The article is aimed to show the role of political and ethno-political elite   in policy making, formulization of goals and means in solving  of onternational relations problems   in the South of Russia. The author  elaborates the recommendations aimed at regional conflicts prevention, mainly of social-economic nature.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The author reveals the content of the notion “ethno-political elite”, analyzes ethno-political situation in the South of Russia and the problem of ethnicization, considers conflictogene factors   in international relations. The article is aimed to show the role of political and ethno-political elite   in policy making, formulization of goals and means in solving  of onternational relations problems   in the South of Russia. The author  elaborates the recommendations aimed at regional conflicts prevention, mainly of social-economic nature.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ethno-political elite</kwd><kwd>political conflicts</kwd><kwd>conflictogene factor</kwd><kwd>the South of Russia</kwd><kwd>social-economic problems</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ethno-political elite</kwd><kwd>political conflicts</kwd><kwd>conflictogene factor</kwd><kwd>the South of Russia</kwd><kwd>social-economic problems</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>