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The rather one-sided interpretation by the US and EU countries of the essence of the Minsk Agreements as the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which was particularly evident in 2021, and the growing military assistance to Kiev from the US and a number of Western countries led to a tightening of the position of the Zelensky administration regarding prospects of the implementation of the Minsk Agreements and demands of their open revision. And the example of Azerbaijan's successful military campaign in Nagorno-Karabakh in the context of the modernization of the Ukrainian military forces has put on the agenda the question of a possibility and success of the use of force scenarios in the process of restoring territorial integrity of the country. The situation around Donbass is gradually turning into a large scale international crisis with potentially extremely destabilizing consequences for the entire international security system. As a result, Ukraine, under the leadership of a populist president, appeared on the verge of war, also capable of acting as a detonator of a serious aggravation in the total system of international relations.

2019 was considered by many analysts as a kind of milestone. V.Zelenskiy and his party "Servant of the People" won an unconditional victory on the presidential and parliamentary elections and, as it seemed, launched not only a new political cycle, but also a new stage in the political history of Ukraine. V.Zelenskiy for some time had almost unlimited political potential. It seemed that among decisions of many problems the prerequisites were created for finding solutions to the Donbass conflict. However, the political rating of the president demonstrated rapid erosion. Zelenskiy, who come to power riding the populist wave, haven't a strong and stable political and economic base in the country and clear political preferences. So, under the pressure of the nationalistic groups he is moving in the direction laid by P.Poroshenko in attempts to manage the Donbass conflict, demonstrating a classic example of the "path effect".

Lately, despite successful interaction between Russia and the USA on a number of issues, both in Moscow and across the pond a discussion on the bilateral relations perspectives is launched increasingly. Serious questions of the mutual trust level arise. The toughening of rhetoric and demonstrative political actions is evident from both sides. Obviously, the outlined regressive trend has pre-elective nature. However, in prospect, the situation can take on its internal development logic. The author examines the possible roadmap of Russia-U.S. cooperation continuance, in particular touches the question of the "restart" fortune.

In the article, different aspects of the Western appraisal of political risks in Russia as one of important constituents of the country's investment image are examined. In particular, the author dwells on the subject of the "political risks" term definition, analyzes a "standard" of political risks on the Russian market, and a change in their structure taken place in recent years.

Unlike his predecessors, Barak Obama is bound to work amidst global balance of power rapidly changing to the disfavor of American interests. All attempts of the U.S. to build an unipolar world under its domination have failed. Obama is vigorously seeking to restructure U.S.–Russia relations; however, the divergence of interests in many fields is evident, and neither Washington nor Moscow can agree on the partnership as formulated by the other side.