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Russian Foreign Policy towards
the Post-soviet space
Elmir Badalov
TSPMI
Content
 The post-soviet map
 Objectives
 Multilateralism
 The Collective Security Organization
 The Shangai Cooperation Organization
 EurAsEc(Eurasina Economic Commucity) and
Customs Union
 Energy politics
 Eurasian Union
 Russian Foreign Policy towards Azerbaijan
 Anyone who doesn’t
regret the passing of the
Soviet Union has no
heart.Anyone who
wants it restored has no
brains.(Putin)
The post-Soviet map
 Putin’s Eurasian Union idea
 Medvedev’s ‘’zone of privileged influence’’
expression
Objectives
 Russia’s new military doctrine :
 Nato the foremost threat to the Russia Federation
 Program for the Effective Use of Foreign Policy in
the Long-Term Development of Russia :
 To expand the base of the economy beyond oil and
gas
 Medvedev:relations with the CIS overriding priority
 Reassert of Russian influence across the ‘’near
abroad’’
 Secure its status as a ‘’regional great power
 Modern Russia should be a hub of a major sphere of
influence in the Post-Soviet Space
Multilateralism
 Commonwealth of Independent States (8
December1991)
 Collective Security Treaty Organization (15 May
1992)
 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (15 June 2001)
 Eurasian Economic Community (1 January 2010 )
Collective Security Treaty Organization
 Designed to be a joint military force
 Intended to be both comperable to NATO and
counterbalance it
 The Creation of Rapid Deployment Force
 Russia-Armenia agreement
 Osh conflict : between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz (2010)
 Spread of Islam,Drug traficking,
 ‘’unified preventive strategy in cyberspace (2011
August)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
 Was founded To deal border issues
 Strict regional focus on Central Asia
 Alliance against NATO troops in the region
 Failure of to create a SCO Investment Bank
EurAsEc and Customs Union
 To create a common market among the Post-Soviet
states
 Is a political platform for economical integration
 Customs Union went into effect on January 1,2012
 Disputes over oil and gas export taxes
 Russia-Ukrania conflict
 Putin:If Ukraine creates a free trade zone with
EU…we will have to start building a border(Ukrayina
Molina 2011)
 St. Petersburg treaty
Energy Politics
 To block demarcation of the Caspian Sea
 Opposed to Nabucco pipeline
 The case of Turkmen gas
 The case of Azeri gas
 Trans-Anatolia pipeline
 Nabucco
 2009 gas war
 Belarusian case
Eurasian Union
 Free movement of goods and people and access to
the domestic markets of the other signatories
 Supranational association
 Organization will be analogues to the EU
 Medeved:Russian’s modernization will make
Moscow a magnet for the other post-soviet states
 Putin: I am convinced
that the establishment
of the Eurasian Union
and efficient integration
are approaches that will
enable members to take
a prominent place in our
complicated 21st century
world (Putin 2011)
Azerbaijan-Russia (controversial issues)
 Chechnya war
 The status of the Gabala station
 Delimitation of the Caspian Sea
 Nagorny Karabakh conflict
Conclusions
 Russia using energy factor as a political tool
 Russia is trying to restore its influence among post-
soviet space

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Russian Foreign Policy towards the Post-soviet space

  • 1. Russian Foreign Policy towards the Post-soviet space Elmir Badalov TSPMI
  • 2. Content  The post-soviet map  Objectives  Multilateralism  The Collective Security Organization  The Shangai Cooperation Organization  EurAsEc(Eurasina Economic Commucity) and Customs Union  Energy politics  Eurasian Union  Russian Foreign Policy towards Azerbaijan
  • 3.  Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart.Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.(Putin)
  • 4.
  • 5. The post-Soviet map  Putin’s Eurasian Union idea  Medvedev’s ‘’zone of privileged influence’’ expression
  • 6. Objectives  Russia’s new military doctrine :  Nato the foremost threat to the Russia Federation  Program for the Effective Use of Foreign Policy in the Long-Term Development of Russia :  To expand the base of the economy beyond oil and gas  Medvedev:relations with the CIS overriding priority  Reassert of Russian influence across the ‘’near abroad’’  Secure its status as a ‘’regional great power  Modern Russia should be a hub of a major sphere of influence in the Post-Soviet Space
  • 7. Multilateralism  Commonwealth of Independent States (8 December1991)  Collective Security Treaty Organization (15 May 1992)  Shanghai Cooperation Organization (15 June 2001)  Eurasian Economic Community (1 January 2010 )
  • 8. Collective Security Treaty Organization  Designed to be a joint military force  Intended to be both comperable to NATO and counterbalance it  The Creation of Rapid Deployment Force  Russia-Armenia agreement  Osh conflict : between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz (2010)  Spread of Islam,Drug traficking,  ‘’unified preventive strategy in cyberspace (2011 August)
  • 9.
  • 10. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization  Was founded To deal border issues  Strict regional focus on Central Asia  Alliance against NATO troops in the region  Failure of to create a SCO Investment Bank
  • 11.
  • 12. EurAsEc and Customs Union  To create a common market among the Post-Soviet states  Is a political platform for economical integration  Customs Union went into effect on January 1,2012  Disputes over oil and gas export taxes  Russia-Ukrania conflict  Putin:If Ukraine creates a free trade zone with EU…we will have to start building a border(Ukrayina Molina 2011)  St. Petersburg treaty
  • 13.
  • 14. Energy Politics  To block demarcation of the Caspian Sea  Opposed to Nabucco pipeline  The case of Turkmen gas  The case of Azeri gas  Trans-Anatolia pipeline  Nabucco  2009 gas war  Belarusian case
  • 15.
  • 16. Eurasian Union  Free movement of goods and people and access to the domestic markets of the other signatories  Supranational association  Organization will be analogues to the EU  Medeved:Russian’s modernization will make Moscow a magnet for the other post-soviet states
  • 17.  Putin: I am convinced that the establishment of the Eurasian Union and efficient integration are approaches that will enable members to take a prominent place in our complicated 21st century world (Putin 2011)
  • 18. Azerbaijan-Russia (controversial issues)  Chechnya war  The status of the Gabala station  Delimitation of the Caspian Sea  Nagorny Karabakh conflict
  • 19.
  • 20. Conclusions  Russia using energy factor as a political tool  Russia is trying to restore its influence among post- soviet space