Russian Foreign Policy towards

the Post-soviet space

Elmir Badalov

TSPMI

Content

The post-soviet map

Objectives

Multilateralism

The Collective Security Organization

The Shangai Cooperation Organization

EurAsEc(Eurasina Economic Commucity) and

Customs Union

Energy politics

Eurasian Union

Russian Foreign Policy towards Azerbaijan

Anyone who doesn’t

regret the passing of the

Soviet Union has no

heart.Anyone who

wants it restored has no

brains.(Putin)

The post-Soviet map

Putin’s Eurasian Union idea

Medvedev’s ‘’zone of privileged influence’’

expression

Objectives

Russia’s new military doctrine :

Nato the foremost threat to the Russia Federation

Program for the Effective Use of Foreign Policy in

the Long-Term Development of Russia :

To expand the base of the economy beyond oil and

gas

Medvedev:relations with the CIS overriding priority

Reassert of Russian influence across the ‘’near

abroad’’

Secure its status as a ‘’regional great power

Modern Russia should be a hub of a major sphere of

influence in the Post-Soviet Space

Multilateralism

Commonwealth of Independent States (8

December1991)

Collective Security Treaty Organization (15 May

1992)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (15 June 2001)

Eurasian Economic Community (1 January 2010 )

Collective Security Treaty Organization

Designed to be a joint military force

Intended to be both comperable to NATO and

counterbalance it

The Creation of Rapid Deployment Force

Russia-Armenia agreement

Osh conflict : between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz (2010)

Spread of Islam,Drug traficking,

‘’unified preventive strategy in cyberspace (2011

August)

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Was founded To deal border issues

Strict regional focus on Central Asia

Alliance against NATO troops in the region

Failure of to create a SCO Investment Bank

EurAsEc and Customs Union

To create a common market among the Post-Soviet

states

Is a political platform for economical integration

Customs Union went into effect on January 1,2012

Disputes over oil and gas export taxes

Russia-Ukrania conflict

Putin:If Ukraine creates a free trade zone with

EU…we will have to start building a border(Ukrayina

Molina 2011)

St. Petersburg treaty

Energy Politics

To block demarcation of the Caspian Sea

Opposed to Nabucco pipeline

The case of Turkmen gas

The case of Azeri gas

Trans-Anatolia pipeline

Nabucco

2009 gas war

Belarusian case

Eurasian Union

Free movement of goods and people and access to

the domestic markets of the other signatories

Supranational association

Organization will be analogues to the EU

Medeved:Russian’s modernization will make

Moscow a magnet for the other post-soviet states

Putin: I am convinced

that the establishment

of the Eurasian Union

and efficient integration

are approaches that will

enable members to take

a prominent place in our

complicated 21st century

world (Putin 2011)

Azerbaijan-Russia (controversial issues)

Chechnya war

The status of the Gabala station

Delimitation of the Caspian Sea

Nagorny Karabakh conflict

Conclusions

Russia using energy factor as a political tool

Russia is trying to restore its influence among post-

soviet space