The edition is included into the List of the reviewed scientific publications of the Higher Attestation Commission of the  Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in which the main scientific results of theses for a degree of the candidate of science, for a degree of the doctor of science on the following groups of scientific specialties have to be published:

• 5.2.1 - Economic theory (Economic Sciences); 5.2.3 - Regional and Industrial Economics (Economic Sciences); 5.2.5 - World economy (Economic Sciences);
• 5.1.5 - International law (Legal Sciences);
• 5.5.2 - Political institutions, processes, and technologies (Political Sciences); 5.5.3 - Public Administration and branch policies; 5.5.4 - International relations (Political Sciences)