Foreign Policy of Russia

Russia's foreign policy is carried out simultaneously with the development of society as a whole. So, after the USSR ceased to exist, a completely new stage in the interaction of our state with other countries of the world began. And by January 1992 Russia had been recognized by 131 states.

The history of Russia's foreign policy today is based on the choice of the main priority - the creation of the CIS as a new form of equal and voluntary cooperation between the former Soviet republics. The agreement on the formation of this Commonwealth was signed on December 8, 1991. In Minsk, and in January 1993 the CIS Charter was adopted. However, today the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has lost some of its relevance, and at the same time, the documents adopted by the coordinating bodies, from settling issues of cooperation on economic issues to protecting the environment , began to lose value . The process of disintegration of those economic ties that operated before the end of the existence of the USSR became quite alarming.

Russia's foreign policy in recent years is aimed at improving relations with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Our state has become the only participant in the implementation of peacekeeping tasks in the so-called "hot spots" of the CIS (in Georgia, Moldova and Tajikistan).

Recently, there are quite complicated and intricate relationships with Ukraine. Friendship, cooperation and allied ties correspond to the interests of the peoples of these two countries, but the ambition and mutual distrust of specific politicians of these countries gradually led to a prolonged stagnation in their relations.

The concept of Russia's foreign policy is based on the following priorities:

- the place of the Russian Federation in the changing world geopolitical situation. So, after the collapse of the USSR with the further creation of the CIS, an absolutely new foreign policy situation has developed for our state. Deep changes in the geostrategic and geopolitical situation made it necessary to rethink the role and place of Russia in the system of relations at the international level;

- Russia's foreign policy largely depends on external factors that weaken the state's position in the international arena. Within the current geopolitical situation, our state has faced a huge number of problematic issues. Due to changes in the political, economic and ideological situation in Russia, its foreign policy activity is sharply reduced.

The defensive capacity of the state has suffered significantly from the reduction of the economic potential , as a result it has been pushed aside to the north-east, while losing the merchant fleet, about half of the sea ports and direct access to the sea routes in the West and South.

Russia's foreign policy is implemented in the direction of integrating our state into a world-class market and harmonizing the political orientation of the course with the politicians of the world's leading powers.