Introduction. International scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and foreign countries has recently become a subject of increasing attention from the scientific community.

Materials and methods. The purpose of the article is to identify the correspondence of the tools used in the international scientific and technical cooperation of Russia to the tools used in the most scientifically developed countries through a comparative study of ten cases from developed countries.

Results of the study. The main instruments are the approval of the executive authorities and scientific structures responsible for international scientific and technical cooperation; development of the regulatory framework in the field of regulation and development of international scientific and technical cooperation; creation and operation of large research infrastructures; inviting foreign researchers and conducting joint research projects in the field of fundamental and applied research; international mobility of students and researchers, holding events such as summer schools, seminars and conferences, creating joint postgraduate studies, providing grants for participation in international projects.

Discussion. It is important to understand that international scientific and technical cooperation develops “on its own”, as its own science develops, on the initiative and in the interests of Russian scientists themselves and their foreign colleagues, based on the ratio of the level of development of Russian and foreign science, which determines the nature of the dialogue.

Conclusion. In general, it can be concluded that the main international scientific and technical cooperation instruments in Russia correspond to the basic instruments in foreign countries.

Key words: international cooperation in science and technology, Russia, USA, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Germany, France, India.
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