The article deals with the principles, the principles, structure and content of the Czech scientific magazine “Novaja rusistika” (“Nová rusistika”) (2008– .), devoted to topical issues of Russian literature. As a successor to the magazine “Československá rusistika”, “Novaja rusistika” (editor-in-chief Prof. Ivo Pospišil, Brno) covers issues rele­vant to Russian studies of the 21st century in line with areal philology, considering Russian studies in the context of Slavic and Central European studies.