In order to maintain and reinforce its positions in the post-Soviet territory, Russia must focus on enhancing the market-oriented and democratic transformations at home rather than defending that territory from "encroachment by alien powers". Russia must modernize its economic system and become fully integrated into the world economy.
In order to maintain and reinforce its positions in the post-Soviet territory, Russia must focus on enhancing the market-oriented and democratic transformations at home rather than defending that territory from "encroachment by alien powers". Russia must modernize its economic system and become fully integrated into the world economy.
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.