Abstract
Considering the 1990s' Russian foreign policy until the present, this article aims to identify the importance exerted by the region known as Near Abroad to Russia's international positioning. To do so, initially this study investigates the virtual political and economic wilderness context that has accompanied the government of Boris Yeltsin, showing that Russian foreign policy in this period has openly flirted with the West and conformed itself to prestige's loss resulted from the URSS' implosion. However, the research stresses that Vladimir Putin's administrations have raised Russia's assertiveness on the international stage, reintroducing, in practice, a great power project for the country. Through an analysis that emphasizes the documents entitled Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation, published in 1993, 2000 and 2008 by the Kremlin, this article suggests that the country seeks to confirm and strengthen its presence on the Near Abroad
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