The subject of this research is the peculiarities of application of modern teaching techniques in higher education exemplified by the Master's academic discipline “The Specifics of Legal and Organizational Cooperation of States in the Area of Protection from Disasters in the context of Regional Mechanisms”, implemented in the Master’s program “Law in the Sphere of Regional International Relations”. The author gives characteristics to the traditional teaching techniques, taking into account the peculiarities of the indicated discipline, as well as proposes different forms of their implementation for improving the quality of teaching. The main conclusions consists in the statement that in modern higher education pedagogy it is of utmost importance to implement the entire range of available teaching techniques, selecting each based on the topic of the course, the contingent and level of education of students, as well as other criteria. It is underlined that modern education should filled with both, passive and interactive methods, regardless of the specialty and selected discipline. This fact is of particular relevance in the Master's level of education. The article employs the positions of various researchers in the sphere of pedagogy and psychology, reflected in the scientific articles on the topic. The author believes that this topic is a mainstream in the scientific publicistic writing, and can contribute to the further improvement of the quality of teaching techniques used in modern higher education.

В статье проведен сравнительный анализ двусторонних договоров, заключаемых государствами в сфере бедствий. Автор уделяет внимание их структуре, содержанию, месту в системе международных договоров РФ и другим особенностям данного регулятора взаимодействия. Представлены позиции ряда ученых относительно указанных вопросов. Отдельное внимание уделено характеристике некоторых положений соглашений с такими странами, как Германия, Сербия, Испания, Индия. Работа насыщена примерами о конкретном взаимодействии из практики нашей страны, а также четкой позицией автора по ряду актуальных и спорных для такого сотрудничества вопросов. Автор в очередной раз подчеркивает свою позицию относительно места подобного договорного взаимодействия государств в рамках системы международного права. Библиогр. 2. Ключевые слова: предупреждение бедствий, двустороннее сотрудничество, гуманитарное реагирование, поисково-спасательные группы, стихийные бедствия, международное сотрудничество. V. V. Lisauskaite BILATERAL CONTRACTUAL COOPERATION OF RUSSIA FOR THE DECREASE IN THE DANGER OF DISASTERS In the material presented, a comparative analysis of bilateral contracts signed in the sphere of disasters is conducted. Th e author pays attention to their structure, contents, their place in the system of international treaties of the Russian Federation and to other features of this regulator of interaction of the states. Positions of a number of scientists concerning the matters are presented. Separate attention in article is paid to the characteristics of some provisions of agreements with such countries, as Germany, Serbia, Spain, India. Work is sated with examples about concrete interaction from the practice of our country, and also an accurate position of the author on a number of questions, actual and disputable