‘Russian World’: Interpretations of a dynamic tool of the Russian Federation's foreign policy
Journal: Codrul Cosminului
Year: 2023

The collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of sovereign states on its ruins, including an independent Russia, made the political elite of the Russian Federation reconsider the ideological platform that would clarify the place of the new Russia in international relations. In response to this need, the country's intellectual circles generated the ‘Russian World’ concept, which politicians adopted and employed as a foreign policy tool. Simple and, at first glance, relatively straightforward, th