Transformation of the Russian Federation’s Revisionist Policy Towards Post-Soviet States
Journal: Acta de Historia & Politica Saeculum XXI
Year: 2026

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is seen as the culmination of its neo-imperial foreign policy doctrine, which is based on its rejection of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This doctrine, reinforced by a monocentric authoritarian consolidation of power within the Russian Federation, was aimed at the reproduction of the Soviet geopolitical project. The article outlines the features of the transformation of the Russian Federation’s revisionist policy – from a tool of regional deter