Evolution of forms of international scientific and technical cooperation in the USSR and the Russian Federation

International scientific and technical cooperation (ISTC) is one of the factors in the development of the modern economy. The foundations of international scientific and technical policy were laid in the USSR. The Russian Federation not only took over from the USSR a relatively large volume of international obligations in the field of ISTC, but also updated the legal instruments of state policy in this area, adapting them to the new conditions of modern international relations. The article examines the scale and significance of the changes, which have taken place, their relevance to modern challenges, which makes it possible to predict new forms of ISTC.