GEOPOLITICS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
GEOPOLITICS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the main trends of geopolitics of the Russian Federation concerning Moldova and reflects the means of their implementation. Geopolitical and geo-economical interests of Russia presuppose the restrictions on cooperation of Moldova with the NATO and the EU, ensuring the preservation of the neutral and non-aligned status of the country. The Russian Federation's geostrategy aims to strengthen its geopolitical position in Moldova and involve it in Eurasian integration structures. The geopolitical model of Moldova as a pro-Russian ‗buffer‘ of the country, which will serve for interaction between Russia and the EU, is in the best interests of the current Russian leadership. The current geopolitics of the Russian Federation regarding the Republic of Moldova uses mainly ‗soft power‘ tools. The Russian government exerts its largely latent influence on Moldova through interconnected political, economic, cultural, informational and other means. Pro-Russian political forces and ‗agents of influence‘ in Moldova are receiving mixed support from the Russian leadership. Transnistria is very important for Russia, particularly in strategic sense. The Russian government exercises indirect comprehensive control over Transnistria and maintains a military contingent in the region as a lever of political influence over Moldova. The geopolitical interests of the modern Russian Federation correspond to the preservation of the sphere of its latent influence in Gagauzia.

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