Russian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
Journal: OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network)
Year: 2011

For about a decade, Russia has been a flush with money, and economic prosperity after the financial chaos of the 1990s.This boom has been driven largely by Moscow"s exports of natural gas and oil, and helped by record high energy prices.Much of this energy sources have been carried on pipelines that run through Russia"s unstable North Caucasus region.However, Western-backed pipelines in the South Caucasus pose a threat towards Russia"s newfound prosperity.In order to undermine future pipelines i