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The relationship of the Russian Federation to Russian minorities in the "near abroad"
Žižková, Marie ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
Thesis "Relationship of the Russian Federation to the Russian minorities in the ‚Near Abroad'" deals with attitude of Russia to the minority, which was created after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The members of this minority are consisted of Russians who migrated within union state and after its breake up became a minority of the new succession states. During the 1990s the minority issue was integrated into the foreign policy discourse until it became, under Putin, one of the central elements of Russian foreign policy. The paper analyzes the government rhetoric in the statements and strategic documents published between 1991 - 2008 and confronts them with examples of Russian reaction to conflicts in post-Soviet states linked to Russian minority. The thesis is divided into three sections. The first part presents the position of minorities in the newly formed states and historical development of diaspora issue in the Soviet Union. The second part provides the overall picture of Russian foreign policy focused on the Near Abroad as well as a list of normative acts, which consist proposals to solution of minority issue. The last part analyzes the Russian stances during the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Baltics and the revocation of dual citizenship in Turkmenistan. Author also deals...
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The relationship of the Russian Federation to Russian minorities in the "near abroad"
Žižková, Marie ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
Thesis "Relationship of the Russian Federation to the Russian minorities in the ‚Near Abroad'" deals with attitude of Russia to the minority, which was created after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The members of this minority are consisted of Russians who migrated within union state and after its breake up became a minority of the new succession states. During the 1990s the minority issue was integrated into the foreign policy discourse until it became, under Putin, one of the central elements of Russian foreign policy. The paper analyzes the government rhetoric in the statements and strategic documents published between 1991 - 2008 and confronts them with examples of Russian reaction to conflicts in post-Soviet states linked to Russian minority. The thesis is divided into three sections. The first part presents the position of minorities in the newly formed states and historical development of diaspora issue in the Soviet Union. The second part provides the overall picture of Russian foreign policy focused on the Near Abroad as well as a list of normative acts, which consist proposals to solution of minority issue. The last part analyzes the Russian stances during the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Baltics and the revocation of dual citizenship in Turkmenistan. Author also deals...
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Russia-OSCE relations: a Balance between National Interests and Security Commitments
Villegas Cara, Francisco Manuel ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Aslan, Emil (referee)
The dissertation deals with the state of the relations between the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Russian Federation. The main questions to be addressed are: "Has the Russian attitude towards the OSCE changed? How has Russia dealt with the OSCE in the last years? Do the OSCE security commitments play any role in the formation of the Russian foreign policy?" To answer these questions different approaches from international relations theories have been used, but especially, those that better reflect the importance of national constrains in foreign affairs. The formation of national interests is therefore, a key element to understand and assess the evolution of the Russian foreign policy and, subsequently, the evolution of the OSCE- Russia relations. A case of study is included to show better how Russian policies upon the OSCE have evolved from a positive engagement towards scepticism about the future of Russia within the Organisation. 1
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