“RUSSIAN THREAT” TO THE POST-SOVIET SPACE: MYTH OR REALITY?
Journal: Historical and social-educational ideas
Year: 2016

The issue of "Russian threat" to the post-soviet space has been analyzed in the article. Due to significant geopolitical success of Russia in the post-soviet space and in particular in Central Asia there were frequent charges against her related to the alleged aggressive intentions. In western expert associations a myth about "the Russian threat" that appeared in the sixteenth century and therefore rightly can be considered archaic is actively promoting. For example, the objective analysis of th