Аннотация:The article presents an analysis of the political consciousnessand value orientations of Russian students on the example ofseveral regions characterized by high levels of multi-ethnicity inthe context of growing threats and risks of new acute conflicts.Approaches to developing the predictions and scenarios of regionaldevelopment and the detection of the causes of the polarizationof values in the social space of a multi-ethnic societyare examined. Conflict potential diagnostics are defined by theauthors based on the analysis of the socially determined attitudesof ethnic and demographic groups to reality, which shapethe real sphere of the public multi-ethnic space and reflect theregional specifics, as well as the main trends of political processesunder the influence of globalization. It is emphasizedthat in the conditions of the new challenges and threats broughtabout by the global pandemic, which has aggravated many socialproblems, the demand for conflictological diagnostics rises,and youth and ethnopolitical issues of scientific research focuson an axiological agenda related to the identification of the reasonsbehind the polarization of values in the socio-cultural andpolitical-economic space.