Russia\u27s foreign policy amid current international tensions

Po predsedniških volitvah leta 2012 je v ruski zunanji politiki prišlo do pomembnih sprememb. Rusko državno vodstvo je poskušalo zgraditi enega izmed svetovnih stebrov moči v multipolarnem svetu in doseči strateško pariteto z ZDA. Te spremembe so bile posledica nekaj notranjih in mednarodnih dejavnikov. Ena izmed posledic je bila konfrontacija z Zahodom (v zvezi z Ukrajino, sankcije idr.). Le delno je uspel poizkus nadomestiti zahodne izgube s pridobitvami v azijsko-pacifiški regiji. Nova zunanja politika uživa množično podporo doma in se ne bo kmalu spremenila.Since the presidential elections in 2012 Russian foreign policy has experienced significant changes. The Russian leadership has really attempted to shape one of the poles of the multipolar world around Russia and to achieve strategic parity with the United States. These changes have been the result of several domestic and international circumstances. One of the outcomes of the new foreign policy has been confrontation with the West (the Ukraine crisis, sanctions and restrictions etc.). The attempt to countervail the losses in the West by turning to the Asia-Pacific region has only been partially successful. The new foreign policy has received the support of the popular majority and will not be changed in the near future