- Altudov Yuri Kambulatovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Acting Rector of Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Nalchik, Russia.
- Nina Barakhoeva, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Professor, Ingush State University, Magas, Russia.
- Batyrbiy Makhmudovich Bersirov, Doctor of Philology, Chief Researcher at the T.M. Kerashev Adygea Republican Institute for Humanitarian Studies, Maikop, Russia.
- Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector of Pyatigorsk State University, Pyatigorsk, Russia.
- Grusman Vladimir Moiseevich, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Advisor to the Director, Head of the Scientific department of the Russian Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Shakhrudin Aidievich Gapurov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Medieval and Modern History Department of the Institute of Humanitarian Studies of the Chechen Republic, Grozny, Russia.
- Dmitriev Vladimir Alexandrovich, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Russian Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Dumont Gerard Francois, geographer, economist and demographer, Professor, lecturer at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
- Ivakhnenko Evgeny Nikolaevich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
- Vladimir Ivanovich Ilyin, Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Department of Sociology of Culture and Communications, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Karamurzov Barasbi Suleymanovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Center for the Development of the Digital Economy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia.
- Magomed Ibragimovich Magomedov, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Chief Researcher at the G. Tsadasa Institute of Language, Literature and Art, Makhachkala, Russia.
- Mühlfried Florian, PhD, Department of Caucasian Studies, F. Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
- Ryabov Andrey Vilenovich, PhD in History, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "World Economy and International Relations", Moscow, Russia.
- Tausoltan Aubekirovich Uzdenov, Candidate of Political Sciences. PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Rector of Karachay-Cherkess State University named after U.D. Aliyev, Karachayevsk, Russia.
