little settlement, “a poky hole” without any common features with towns of Russia and Europe. According to other materials …

This article is devoted to analyzing the Kremlin's foreign policy in the post-Yugoslav space by the case of Russia …'s foreign policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. An analysis of Russia's foreign policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina will help … to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Russia's foreign policy towards the post-Yugoslav countries. In addition, the …

This article offers a discussion of Russia’s post-Soviet search for international legitimacy, informed by the notions … cooperation in the CIS is at the heart of Russia’s current attempts to gain international legitimacy: it addresses the demands of …

long-term basis given the extensive lag between the political and economic dimensions of the Pivot, in Russia and abroad … mandate on merchandise trade negotiations with third countries and blocs like ASEAN: Russia has not been able sign any FTA on … its own since 2015. However, this puzzle was relatively poorly studied both in Russia and abroad and this paper attempts …

more independently from Russia. We argue that it was the Ukrainian crisis in spring 2014 and the need to promote the … domestic image of Russia as “great power” that created incentives for Russian leadership to accept institutional compromises …

This article is devoted to relations between Russia and South Africa from the mid-17th to the early 19th century. It … descriptions of the Cape. A unique testimony to the fact that black South Africans knew about Russia is presented in the letter of … a Pondo chief to the Russian tsar. The most significant part of Russia’s relations with South Africa was its …

the old Soviet military machine, which is less and less capable of defending Russia from the real threats and challenges … deterrence of the US. Today more factors objectively unite Russia and the US in the world rather than separates them. However …

governability. It also tackles the US commitment to global leadership as one of central problems of the US-Russia relations … Asia, and provides detailed illustration of the theoretical theses made by examples from the US-Russia relations. Finally … evolution of the international system and benign for the US relations with Russia …

Russia is shifting its foreign policy focus to the Asia-Pacific region because of internal (the necessity to develop … success, Russia needs a stable and predictable regional milieu while confrontation in Asia-Pacific security is on the rise … current circumstances, this role cannot but be assumed by Russia. The paper discusses the specificity of current Asia …

paper begins with a short historical analysis of the processes that took place in Soviet Russia that led to the 'parade of … Constitutional Court of Russia in several decisions concerning sovereignty problems. The paper focuses on the vertical dimension of … sovereignty, i.e. on different conceptions adopted by the federal and regional powers in post- Soviet Russia regarding the legal …