“It is wrong to make anyone into an enemy; it is wrong to scare the people of one 's own country with that enemy and try to rally some allies on that basis. What we need is to work openly and honestly on solutions to the problem. We want that and we are ready for that.”
-Vladimir Putin, August 29 2008, CNN interview
Introduction Russia is one of the greatest countries in the Europe and played important role in many events of modern history. After centuries of consolidating its power in the region the Russian empire was tested in multitude of world changing events starting with Napoleonic wars, transformation during Great War and finally forming into ideological body to define Cold War world. After almost unprecedented expansion came quick fall. The old Soviet Union succumbed to its structural deficiencies, with all its …show more content…
The paper is trying to draw the line between decisions in Kremlin and results in distinct locations in Russian Federation (Thumann 2001, p194) The development in Chechnya and republic of Sakha are presented examples of Yeltsin administration, the results are attributed to his leadership and his popularity with Russian minorities. (Thumann 2001, p196) Most of the article focuses on individual leadership styles with limited respect to the other influences and the accomplishments or shortcomings are being centered on character or personal commitment. (Thumann 2001, p195-197) Important background information can be found when the author compares the styles of Yeltsin versus his heir to be Putin. (Thumann 2001, p197) Whilst Yeltsin did not push for the national idea, Putin 's government started following one almost immediately. One of the key moves under Putin was also beginning of centralization of government and economy (Thumann 2001, p196-198), which could be perceived as one of the signs to be analyzed under neoclassical realism approach. (Rose 1998,
-Vladimir Putin, August 29 2008, CNN interview
Introduction Russia is one of the greatest countries in the Europe and played important role in many events of modern history. After centuries of consolidating its power in the region the Russian empire was tested in multitude of world changing events starting with Napoleonic wars, transformation during Great War and finally forming into ideological body to define Cold War world. After almost unprecedented expansion came quick fall. The old Soviet Union succumbed to its structural deficiencies, with all its …show more content…
The paper is trying to draw the line between decisions in Kremlin and results in distinct locations in Russian Federation (Thumann 2001, p194) The development in Chechnya and republic of Sakha are presented examples of Yeltsin administration, the results are attributed to his leadership and his popularity with Russian minorities. (Thumann 2001, p196) Most of the article focuses on individual leadership styles with limited respect to the other influences and the accomplishments or shortcomings are being centered on character or personal commitment. (Thumann 2001, p195-197) Important background information can be found when the author compares the styles of Yeltsin versus his heir to be Putin. (Thumann 2001, p197) Whilst Yeltsin did not push for the national idea, Putin 's government started following one almost immediately. One of the key moves under Putin was also beginning of centralization of government and economy (Thumann 2001, p196-198), which could be perceived as one of the signs to be analyzed under neoclassical realism approach. (Rose 1998,