Unless Russia takes into account the national characteristics that to a very large degree shaped the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today, it will be impossible to devise a new model necessary for adjusting to the realities of the modern world. Are there some positive Russian characteristics that could be successfully called upon for the modernization process?
Unless Russia takes into account the national characteristics that to a very large degree shaped the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation today, it will be impossible to devise a new model necessary for adjusting to the realities of the modern world. Are there some positive Russian characteristics that could be successfully called upon for the modernization process?
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.