TY - CHAP

T1 - Russia’s New Policy Towards Aspiring Political Movements and Unrecognized States

AU - Jeifets, Victor

AU - Dobronravin, Nikolay

N1 - Jeifets V., Dobronravin N. (2020) Russia’s New Policy Towards Aspiring Political Movements and Unrecognized States. In: Parlar Dal E., Erşen E. (eds) Russia in the Changing International System. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - This chapter highlights the main dynamics shaping Russia’s policy towards aspiring political movements and unrecognized states. Moscow’s attitude towards these actors has been traditionally determined by its foreign policy paradigm which favours establishing official links only with sovereign and recognized states. This attitude was quite noticeable even during the Soviet era when Moscow supported the idea of a world revolution, and Soviet foreign policy was officially coordinated with the activities of the Communist International. Between 1991 and 2008, Russian leadership also continued this policy. Yet, Russia’s attitude started to change when Kosovo’s independence was recognized by many Western states, which has also been one of the main reasons prompting Moscow to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia following the Russian-Georgian war. Since 2008, Russia’s policy has gradually drifted towards a wider recognition of the de facto states and aspiring political movements around the world.

AB - This chapter highlights the main dynamics shaping Russia’s policy towards aspiring political movements and unrecognized states. Moscow’s attitude towards these actors has been traditionally determined by its foreign policy paradigm which favours establishing official links only with sovereign and recognized states. This attitude was quite noticeable even during the Soviet era when Moscow supported the idea of a world revolution, and Soviet foreign policy was officially coordinated with the activities of the Communist International. Between 1991 and 2008, Russian leadership also continued this policy. Yet, Russia’s attitude started to change when Kosovo’s independence was recognized by many Western states, which has also been one of the main reasons prompting Moscow to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia following the Russian-Georgian war. Since 2008, Russia’s policy has gradually drifted towards a wider recognition of the de facto states and aspiring political movements around the world.

KW - De facto states

KW - Comintern

KW - Ukraine

KW - Georgia

KW - Kosovo

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3298b701-773e-3026-8cb4-4d8171fe5545/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-21832-4_11

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-21832-4_11

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9783030218317

SP - 187

EP - 204

BT - Russia in the Changing International System

A2 - Parlar Dal, Emel

A2 - Ersen, Emre

PB - Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

CY - Cham

ER -