Current problems of Europe

Russian policy in the Post-Soviet space: The past, the present and the future. (Review)

Жирнов О.А.

Zhirnov O.A. – Head of the Division of America, INION RAS, Ph.D (history).

Abstract

The presented paper provides an overview of the national literature on some aspects of Russian policy on post-Soviet space. It includes the periodization of Russia's relations with the newly independent states, the results of Russian policy and its prospects in the foreseeable future.

Keywords

Russia, post Soviet space, CIS, new independent states, European Union, integration processes, Eurasian economic communities, customs union, single economic space, common free market zone

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