In the Introduction the author explores the importance of research papers on Germany for the development of political science in Russia as a whole. The Introduction underlines special role of the USSR in the unification of Germany (1990). The article explores the key elements of establishment and development of German-Russian relations since 1990-s until 2010-s und underlines their key problems and evaluates the perspectives of their development. This issue of the journal ,,Urgent Problems of Europe,, is specially dedicated to Germany after reunification (1990) and consists of three parts. The first is historical and covers first of all German-German relations in 1949-1990. The second part consists of the articles on internal political development of Germany. The key attention is paid to the evolution of political landscape of Germany during the modern period, including political parties’ challenges. The features of their development are most thoroughly illustrated by the case of the Left Party.