The Marginalia of Russia’s Foreign Policy Today

... along their borders are a guarantee of successful development. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Sergey Markedonov: Goodbye Post-Soviet Space? The picture started to change in response to the increasing political dialogue between Russia and China, and also to the (EEU) becoming fully operational. This shift of focus in Russia’s foreign policy toward its neighbours must be considered separately. Since the geopolitical space of the former Soviet Union began to develop, there was the notion that Russia’s near-abroad was a region where certain political and economic developments ...