RUSSIA’S RELATIONS WITH THE WEST – DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2021

Since the annexation of Crimea, the nature of Western relationship with Russia is undergoing its deepest crisis since the end of the Cold War. Russia and the West view the current situation in drastically different terms. NATO views Russia as an aggressor, which used the force and violated the international law. Russia sees the world in terms of `spheres of influence` and therefore has a different starting point. In Moscow`s eyes, after swallowing Central Europe and the Baltic States, the West i