The need to accommodate the views of different population groups has been one cardinal change that occurred in Russia following the collapse of the Communist regime. An analysis of a number of nationwide opinion polls in Russia clearly demonstrates how the Russians assess Vladimir Putin’s “new foreign policy” vis-б-vis the West. Among other things, one can see the response of public opinion to the use of force on the international arena, most of which are linked with the global policy of the United States.
The need to accommodate the views of different population groups has been one cardinal change that occurred in Russia following the collapse of the Communist regime. An analysis of a number of nationwide opinion polls in Russia clearly demonstrates how the Russians assess Vladimir Putin’s “new foreign policy” vis-б-vis the West. Among other things, one can see the response of public opinion to the use of force on the international arena, most of which are linked with the global policy of the United States.
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.