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Russia's special military operation in Ukraine caused mixed assessments in Central Asian countries both at the political and public levels. At the political level the desire of the Central Asian countries to adhere to a neutral position on the Ukrainian issue is traced. It is due to the peculiarities of their foreign policy behavior based on the principles of a multi-vector policy. Foreign policy balancing on the world stage allows the countries of the region to receive significant economic benefits. However, some countries in the region are not always consistent in their attitude to the Ukrainian conflict and demonstrate differentiated forms of neutrality. There are also different views on Ukrainian conflict in the societies of the countries of the region. The geopolitical opponents of Russia are trying to influence the political position of the Central Asian countries making attempts through various instruments of influence to persuade the ruling elite to pursue an anti-Russian policy. At the same time relations between Russia and the countries of the region have the character of a strategic partnership and alliance. Despite the difference in positions on the Ukrainian issue the desire of the political elite of the Central Asian countries to maintain positive relations with Russia is noticeable. The growing geopolitical confrontation between the West and Russia narrows the opportunities for foreign policy maneuver for the countries of the region. Unprecedented Western sanctions against Russia have a negative impact on the national development of the republics which established close and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia over the years of independence.

The present article is devoted to the study of the outstanding Russian Muslim theologian and modernist Musa Bigiev's legacy that was carried out by the Turkish scholar Hilmi Ziya Ülken. It focuses on Hilmi Ziya Ülken's interpretation of ideas of Musa Bigiev in the historical and socio-c ultural context in the Islamic East and Turkey in the XIX–beginning of the XX centuries.

The article reveals little-studied aspects of Muslim thought in Late Russian Empire in the context of modernism-tradition dichotomy. The author proposes three case studies that demonstrate the contribution made by Russian Muslim scholars Murad Ramzi, Gasan Alqadari and Khalil Rahimov to moderate modernism at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Russia.

The author of this article shortly describes the philosophical aspects of the thought of Hasan Alqadari. A Lezghian Sunni Muslim scholar Hasan Alqadari (1834–1910) is widely regarded as one of the prominent and impressive jurist and historian in Imperial Russia's Caucasian Dagestan region. Contemporary Islamic scholars present him as Shafi'i jurist, historian, teacher and enlightener. This article sets out to reconsider Hasan Alqadari's legacy and to study his representative writings such as Divan alMamnun and Djirab al- Mamnun that allow rethinking Hasan Alqadari as a Muslim thinker. It demonstrates that Hasan Alqadari developed ideas on philosophical issues and topics. The article analyzes those ideas of Hasan Alqadari that he considered the most important for Muslim community. It examines his philosophical and social views and ethical thought. The author outlines specific directions for future research on Hasan Alqadari's legacy.