Russia's Eastern Policy: Old Restrictions and New Conditions

The past year and a half may represent a turning point in relations between Russia and Asia. For Moscow, strengthening relations with regional powers and their economies has become not so much a choice as a necessity.... ... international trade, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev . Vladivostok is about to host the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), a crucial public event and the hallmark of “Russia’s pivot to the East”. This ambitious policy was proclaimed by Moscow ...