TY - JOUR TI - International Science and Education Cooperation: Russian Priorities and Instruments T2 - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS RESEARCH JOURNAL IS - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS RESEARCH JOURNAL KW - international science and education cooperation KW - internationalization of higher education KW - academic mobility AB - Irina Lazutina - Researcher of Center for International comparative studies of the International Organisations Research Institute, National Research University Higher School of Economics; 20, Myasnitskaya, 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation; E-mail: ILazutina@hse.ru.Russian strategic documents highlight the significance of international cooperation for Russian education and science development. The effectiveness of such cooperation is determined by country's activities and resources that correspond to priorities and possess sufficient potential for achieving purposes.The presented article explores the agreements Russia with other countries and  instruments of the international cooperation in the field of Education and Science. The author of the paper examines how bilateral and multilateral international agreements (including documents of international organizations and associations) and instruments contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives such as the improvement of research and education quality, the development of Russian education export.The author uses the database of international agreements formed in July 2013 in the framework of joint project of the International Organizations Research Institute and the National Training Foundation.The results of the analyses show that international agreements in the field of science and education do not fully comply with the country's priorities. In addition, a number of key areas of cooperation need to provide the tools for the development of partnership. It  is necessary to create coordination mechanism (national strategy of international cooperation in the field of science and education), which will contribute to the harmonization of goals and actions of the country's international cooperation. AU - Irina Lazutina UR - https://iorj.hse.ru/en/2014-9-1/116276771.html PY - 2014 SP - 150-166 VL - 9