Abstract
The essence of the internal geopolitics of the Russian Federation (RF) and its influence on the foreign policy of Moscow is analyzed in the article. It was found that on the background of Russian nationalism the activation of separatist sentiments in the Russian national autonomies had occurred, particularly in the North Caucasus (Chechnia, Dahestan).Eventually, it caused two Chechen wars, as well as to the formation of dissatisfaction with the Center’s actions in Tatarstan, South and East Siberia and others. However, after internal politics and internal economy shocks of the 1990-th Russia has outlined a course to restore the status of a great state. An important factor for the Russian government is the support of its foreign policy by the population. It is traced that the level of electoral support of the Russian president entirely depends on the success of the Russian Federation on the international arena. Kremlin actively cultivates and uses imperial mood of society in order to justify the return of its “unjustly deprived” great power status. Therefore, governmental expansionist geostrategy obtains active support among theintelligentsia and broad social strata.
Highlights
Famous American political scientist and analyst has noted: “Russia became an Empire before the Russians consolidated as a nation, and psychological limits of the state and Russian identity has always been problematic for Russia, as it has always been, until recently, Empire with a center and periphery” [Goble, 1993: 11]
Such actions of Kremlin influenced on Russia’s foreign policy that eventually resulted in the geopolitical expansion [Шевцова, 2014]
Russia became totally authoritarian state, where the power institutions took under strict control the formation of geostrategy, its implementation and decision-making of foreign policy in general
Summary
21 republics, 46 oblasts (regions), 9 krai (regional administrative unit), 1 autonomous oblast, 4 autonomous regions and 2 federal cities. It should be noted that the annexation of the Crimea acquired mainly domestic policy content and was necessary for the Russian President to improve his rating among Russian society, who expressed in such a way “pride for their country” The latter allowed Vladimir Putin to regain the status of the leader who saved Russia from collapse and total defeat on the international stage. Shevtsova from 2011 after events at Bolotna Square and Sakharov Avenue Russian government took a course on further strengthening of authoritarianism in Russia Such actions of Kremlin influenced on Russia’s foreign policy that eventually resulted in the geopolitical expansion [Шевцова, 2014]. Another signal for government became mass anticorruption meetings in more than hundred Russian cities on March 26, 2017 after exposing by Alex Navalny the corruption schemes of Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. Russian experts argue that there is no alternative way for RF apart from authoritarianism and “managed democracy” and the only replacement of authoritarianism in this situation can be chaos and anarchy
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