The foreign policy of Russia is carried out simultaneously with the development of society as a whole. So, after the USSR ceased to exist, a completely new stage began in the interaction of our state with other countries of the world. And by January 1992, Russia was recognized by 131 states.
The history of Russia's foreign policy today is based on the choice of the main priority - the creation of the CIS as a new form of equal and voluntary cooperation of the former republics of the USSR. An agreement on the formation of this Commonwealth was signed on December 8, 1991. in Minsk, and in January 1993 the CIS Charter was adopted. However, today the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has somewhat lost its relevance, and at the same time, documents that have been adopted by the coordinating bodies, ranging from the settlement of issues of cooperation on economic issues to the
protection of the environment , have begun to lose value
. The process of disintegration of those
economic ties that operated before the Soviet Union ceased to be quite alarming.
In recent years, Russia's foreign policy is aimed at improving relations with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Our state has become the only participant in the implementation of peacekeeping tasks in the so-called "hot spots" of the CIS (in Georgia, Moldova and Tajikistan).
Recently, quite complicated and intricate relations have developed with Ukraine. Friendship, cooperation and allied relations correspond to the interests of the peoples of these two countries, however, the ambitiousness and mutual distrust of specific politicians of these states gradually led to a prolonged stagnation in their relations.
The concept of Russia's foreign policy is based on the following priorities:
- the place of the Russian Federation in a volatile world geopolitical situation. So, after the collapse of the USSR with the further creation of the CIS, a completely new foreign policy situation developed for our state. The profound changes in the geostrategic and geopolitical situation put forward a demand for rethinking the role and place of Russia in the system of relations at the international level;
- Russia's foreign policy is largely dependent on external factors that weaken the position of the state in the international arena. In the framework of the current geopolitical situation, our state is faced with a huge number of problematic issues. Due to changes in the political, economic and ideological situation in the Russian Federation, its foreign policy activity is sharply reduced.
The state’s defense capability was significantly affected by the decline in
economic potential , as a result of which it was pushed towards the northeast, while losing a merchant fleet, about half of seaports and direct access to the sea routes in the West and South.
Russia's foreign policy is carried out in the direction of integrating our state into a world-class market and harmonizing the political orientation of the course with politicians of the leading powers of the world.