Measures of state regulation and support of the higher education system in the Russian Federation during the pandemic

The article is focused on the peculiarities of state regulation and support of the higher education system in the Russian Federation during the pandemic of a coronavirus infection COVID-19. It describes the main models of educational policy and strategies in defining the principles and instruments of influence on the educational process and the educational environment in general, as well as possible measures of state regulation and support of the higher education system during the coronavirus pandemic. The authors of the article pay particular attention to the analysis of various measures of state regulation and support of the higher education system in the Russian Federation by the main subject of educational policy in this field, which is the Ministry of Science and Higher Edu-cation of the Russian Federation. The conclusion is made that during a pandemic there is some transformation of the existing model of educational policy in the higher education system of the Russian Federation towards more autonomy of higher education institutions in decision-making taking into account the epidemiological situation.