Russia's entry into the 21st century is accompanied, first, by the development in the country of a democratic society, a rule of law, and a market economy. These national interests are also consonant with the global trends of globalization, integration in all spheres of public life, the transition to an information society, the acceleration of economic development, and the expansion of intercultural interaction. These factors activate mass migration of the population, exacerbation of interethnic conflicts, the growth of global problems, and the spiritual crisis of society. Since the end of the 90s. the study of communication processes begins to be carried out from the standpoint of an interdisciplinary approach. Communication is viewed through the prism of international political studies. Subsequently, the theory of translation, the method of teaching foreign languages, comparative cultural studies, sociology, etc. is distinguished in separate branches of scientific thought.