"National idea": Russia in global scenarios of the 21 <sup>st</sup> century
A series of independent calculations have predicted that around the mid-twenty-first century an abrupt phase transition is expected, the one that will make the civilization’s advances rather difficult. The present tensions in world geopolitics and the sustainability of human civilization are discussed. The author argues that Russia may play a stabilizing role in the 21 st century and compares it to the role the Soviet Union played in the 20 th century. He discusses the relevant corrections in conceptual, political and information sectors that could contribute to such national and global stabilization.