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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