TARADINA LARISA D.

The article is dedicated to the influence of global changes in academic mobility process on the development of French-Russian bilateral collaboration in the sphere of higher education and scientific researches. Through the perception of referencedocuments and legislation affecting the national as well as international policies in the scientific-educational sphere, the actual issuesof French national system of education are considered and the analyses of prospects of its transformation is provided. Thedevelopment of French-Russian collaboration, the main tool of which is the academic mobility, is considered as a mechanism ofadaptation to new geopolitical reality. Russian policy in the field of higher education, taking into account the need to support nationallanguages and cultures, including small nations, is aimed at solving the task of forming a multi-ethnic and poly-religious civil society.At the same time, it is important to understand that polyculturalism cannot exist as a separate political superstructure, but must beindependently and individually cultivated by all participants in the global process of mobility. There is a need to rethink the role ofinternational students for national educational systems, as well as the contribution of developed countries to the education of foreigncitizens. In the context of instability and uncertainty, it is necessary, based on existing experience and existing mechanisms ofcooperation, to determine the importance of knowledge in the development of civil society and the principles of expanding the ethicalconcepts of globalization. Keywords: higher education, academic mobility, French-Russian collaboration, migration, multiculturalism,national politics, international politics