The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of media platforms as influential tool of Russian language learning abroad. In PRC/People's Republic of China and Maghreb countries (comprised of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia), the concept of soft power is very important in the framework of educational process when the attractiveness of another country presented from different linguistic points. It reveals how one can explore language and culture of other countries with the aim to the look at the world closer. Media education offer as detailed as possible Russian culture to foreign citizens. A review of the latest publications on the issue under study made it possible to determine the problem field and possible solutions to negative phenomena in teaching process. The article examines variations in online activities using media platforms as an innovative teaching method. Learning a language, on one hand, promotes the Russian mentality, making it clear enough for foreign citizens, and, on the other hand, ruins "Friend and Foe" stereotype barriers. In a situation of globalization language is the most important communication tool more than ever can contributes to the developing of speech habits. The younger generations speak more than one language and more connected to the Internet than ever before constantly enlarging the army of multilingual speakers. At the same time, the use of new media should be combined with the use of the traditional pedagogical approach to learning a foreign language; otherwise, students will acquire "low-quality" knowledge, since many platforms contain materials with errors. The purpose of the work is to study and identify the problematic field of application of innovative methods of studying Russian language abroad.