“…• studies discussing the role of stereotypes in interethnic conflicts and miscommunication across nations (Verevkin, 2009;Minyar-Belorucheva & Pokrovskaya, 2012;Mishlanova & Sirotkina, 2013;Malkova, 2007;Gladkova, 2013bGladkova, , 2015Petrova et al, 2014;Contini, 2013;Elchardus & Spruyt, 2014;Loennqvist et al, 2014;Ivanic, Bates & Somasundaram, 2014, and others) • studies focusing on issues of in-group and out-group trust and the impact of trust and other psychological phenomena upon interethnic relations (Alesina & La Ferrara, 2002;Abanes, Scheepers & Sterkens, 2014;Gundelach, 2014;Bahry et al, 2005;Allwood, Traum & Jokinen, 2000, and others) • studies identifying social prerequisites for interethnic confrontation, such as the degree of diversity in the society (Alesina & La Ferrara, 2002;Gladkova, 2013a;Matsaganis, Katz & Ball-Rokeach, 2011;Vartanova, 2005Vartanova, , 2012 and the role of social categorization in provoking conflicts and misunderstanding (Ufkes et al, 2012) • studies examining personal characteristics and their role in multicultural communication, including respondents' pride in belonging to a certain ethnic group and its influence upon their tolerance toward other ethnic formations (Ward et al, 2006), as well as individuals' level of education, income, and gender and age characteristics, etc. ; • studies discussing issues of migration and the lack of sense of belonging among migrants as a potential risk factor in a multiethnic society (Osin & Konstantinov, 2014;Bazhenova et al, 2015); • studies analyzing the role of language and linguistic means, including hate speech, in affecting attitudes toward ethnic groups (Shulumba, 2013;Malkova, 2007).…”