Features of Integration Policy of the Russian Federation towards the Baltic States (1992–2009)
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-4-88-92
Abstract
In this article, the author described features of Russian integration policy towards the Baltic States (1992–2009). I showed that in the first half of the 1990s, the mechanisms of Russian integration policy were bilateral and multilateral negotiations. From the mid to late 1990s, Russia declared the concept of multi-speed and multi-level integration. Under the influence of internal and external factors, Russia in this period is experiencing its decline in influence and the crisis of integration policy in the post-Soviet space. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Russian integration policy has been characterised by the priority of bilateral ties and economic pragmatism. The relations of Russia with Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in this period are built on mutually beneficial bases, with many unresolved problems and sometimes a high degree of tension. In the second half of the first decade of the XXI century, under the influence of internal and external factors, Russia concentrates on internal modernisation and protection of its interests in the post-Soviet space in general and in the Baltic States region in particular.
Keywords
integration policy,
parameters,
Russia,
Baltic States,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Estonia,
post-soviet space
About the Author
P. I. Pashkovsky
Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pashkovsky P. I., PhD in Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences and International Relations
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Pashkovsky P.I. Features of Integration Policy of the Russian Federation towards the Baltic States (1992–2009). Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2019;9(4):88-92. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-4-88-92
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