Andrei Suzdaltsev is an assistant professor and Deputy Dean of the School of the World Economy and International Affairs at the State University–Higher School of Economics. He holds a Doctorate in History.
A collapse of the Customs Union project, which is not ruled out if the project is poorly conceived, will mean Russia’s loss of the status of the main force steering integration processes in the post-Soviet space. This will push the CIS into the sphere of integration processes designed by external forces – the EU, China, etc.
A collapse of the Customs Union project, which is not ruled out if the project is poorly conceived, will mean Russia’s loss of the status of the main force steering integration processes in the post-Soviet space. This will push the CIS into the sphere of integration processes designed by external forces – the EU, China, etc.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.