find the drinks he craved. Any grocery store or roadside kiosk had just what he was looking for. Perfume, brake fluid, de-icer, methylated spirits, toilet cleaner, nail varnish remover: “I drank them all”, says Kuznetsov, who is 53 years old. “Everything that burns.” Like many Russian alcoholics, the former laser specialist from a top Moscow physics institute slithered into his darkest drinking...

putin’s policies have had significant impact on russian foreign policy after the cold war. despite the fact that putin sought for increasing russia’s power to the same level as the cold war, however; he was aware that the nature of the international system has undergone serious changes. therefore, some specific factors including close collaboration with the united states, an energy-oriented for...

(Bu makale 30-12-2022 tarihinde geri çekildi) Sovyetler Birliği'nin dağılmasından sonra 1990'lar boyunca iç sorunların çözümüne odaklandığından Rusya Federasyonu, başta Orta Doğu olmak üzere küresel etkinlik ve iddialarını politik gündemine alamamıştır. Hatta dağılan Varşova Paktı üyeleri ile bazı eski Sovyet cumhuriyetlerinin, bir kısmı üyelikle sonuçlanan NATO AB yakın ilişkilerine etkili şek...

Abstract In this article we use the concept of ‘radicalization’ and ‘usable past’ to analyze how Russian president Vladimir Putin crafted a specific narrative legitimize war against Ukraine. This is product series ideologically, religiously historically informed frames that developed over past 22 years. We outline made christian-imperial history as for him 1) formulate new state ideology, 2) mo...

as putin regained the power in russia, the situation gave a second chance to this country to avoid both the west and the benefits of convergence with its foreign policy and regional and trans-regional equations. this can take advantages from other side. approach of russia to divergence and independence with the west will increase level of russian hegemony on international arena. the main questi...