The 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s disintegration has reinvigorated public debates over the Soviet legacy.
Questions of history prompt heated debate and stir powerful emotions in Russia, as in all post-Communist countries.
The teamwork philosophy underlies Russia’s foreign policy. Its top priority is creating favorable external conditions for comprehensive modernization of the country, diversification of the economy and its transition to an innovation development model. We do not need confrontation and we will never opt for it.
The 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s disintegration has reinvigorated public debates over the Soviet legacy.
Questions of history prompt heated debate and stir powerful emotions in Russia, as in all post-Communist countries.
The teamwork philosophy underlies Russia’s foreign policy. Its top priority is creating favorable external conditions for comprehensive modernization of the country, diversification of the economy and its transition to an innovation development model. We do not need confrontation and we will never opt for it.
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.