Обеспечение геополитических интересов России в подготовке иностранных специалистов

Maintenance of Geopolitical Interests of Russia by means of Preparation of Foreign Experts in Educational Establishments

The international education and preparation of experts for foreign countries is considered as the effective tool of foreign policy and serves political and economic interests of the state. The foreigners in Russia who were named "envoys" began to be trained from the middle of ХГХ century. They were exempted from payment and received from the government of Russia special state grants. This practice has proceeded in the Soviet period, but as a result of disintegration of the USSR, reduction of financing and change of foreign reference points the level of interaction with former partners has noticeable cut Nowadays these tendencies threaten to result on reducing the traditional markets of educational services. Similar practice of the international education programs existed in the USA where the partners were determined not by educational establishments but by the Information Agency lead by the state Secretary of USA and were subordinated to their national interests, including in the military sphere. As a whole the following common features of training of foreign citizens are allocated: clearness of geopolitical and economic targets, orientation on training of the future states leaders, personnel support of projects, legislative and financial support of programs of the international education.