spirit of Moscow. Here was distingushed Greece and later Yugoslavia, which refused to be under the satellite of Kremlin.
According to the researcher Marcus Tanner, early memories of domination, explain why Russia feels so tense that the Balkan was left out again, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. There is, of course, a quantitative difference between the kind of empire that some in the Kremlin dream to recreate in Balkan today and affairs of state that existed from 1944-5 to 1990-1 2.
From this we can see that today ' s Russia is attempting to return its name with a dominant position in decision making in the world.
During the Cold War“ Kremlinology” was the word used to determine the true position of the Soviet leadership, but today this discipline is best replaced by“ Putinology”. Even today the leaders themselves, as Chancellor Merkel, are not yet able to determine how far is willing to go to President Putin in the conflict with the West 3.
The foreign policy of the Russian Federation was built on a consensus that emerged from the Soviet collapse and was crystallized in the nineties. A line in the sand, as was recently argued by Leon Aron, explain that Russia can not withdraw without losing its sense of national pride or identity.
According to Aron, three imperatives of geopolitics have modeled the action of the Russian Foreign: " Russia must remain a nuclear superpower, a major power in all aspects of international activity and hegemony- political leader, military and economic- of its region " 4.
According to the Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation, the world is experiencing a period of transition during which is forming a new system of international polycentric, which opens the possibility for new systems, economic and financial, lining new collective security and changes in political development. The Russian foreign policy concept warns that the ability of the West to dominate the world economy and politics will continue to be reduced. From all this,
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Russia Never Went Away from the Balkans; Marcus Tanner http:// www. balkaninsight. com / en / article / russianever-went-away-from-the-balkans-01-18-2017
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Putinology and the risk of Russian expansion in Balkan http:// eurospeak. al / speciale / 264-putinologjia-dhe-rrezikui-ekspansionit-te-rusise-ne-ballkan
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Russian foreign policy towards the Balkans: which perspective? Enza Roberta Petrillo http:// www. ispionline. it / sites / default / files / pubblicazioni / analysis _ 169 _ 2013. pdf
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