POLITICA EXTERNĂ A RUSIEI FAŢĂ DE REPUBLICILE DIN ASIA CENTRALĂ ÎN TIMPUL PREŞEDINŢIEI LUI VLADIMIR PUTIN. (Romanian)

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS DURING VADIMIR PUTIN'S TERM IN OFFICE. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF NEGLECT, IN THE MID 1990S RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE OVER CENTRAL ASIA STARTS TO REAFIRM. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS SHAPE THE FOREIGN POLICY OF MOSCOW TOWARDS THIS REGION. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WAS THE ACCUTE FELLING OF LOSS OF INFLUENCE OVER THE FORMER SOVIET TERRITORIES FELT WITHIN RUSSIA DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF BORIS YELTSIN'S PRESIDENCY. PUTIN'S POLICY SHIFT WAS THE RESULT OF THE MIXTURE OF ALL THESE FACTORS. THE "NEAR ABROAD" BECAME A NECESSITY FOR RUSSIA, IN ITS DESIRE TO REGAIN THE STATUS OF SUPER-POWER. BUT, THE GROWING INTERESTS OF US IN CENTRAL ASIA AFTER 9.11 INTERSECTED WITH THOSE OF RUSSIA. SO, THE QUESTION WHICH EMERGES IS „CAN WE TALK ABOUT COOPERATION OR COMPETITION OVER CENTRAL ASIA DURING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S PRESIDENCY?". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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