Woher der Frost kommt – Mythenbildung und russische Politik 1991 bis heute
Where the Frost Comes from – Myth Making and Russian Policy from 1991 till Today

Summary/Abstract: With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the cold war came to an end. The “Ostpolitik and the Détente Policy” led to the CSCE-Process with important documents regarding the “European Peace Order”. Back then, the path seemed to be open for a good relationship between Russia and the West. However, the rapport deteriorated rather quickly, resulting in the “Great Alienation”. Moscow saw itself as the victim of an anti-Russian western policy. Russian attempts for the “Reorganization of the Post-Soviet space”, from the CIS to the Eurasian Economic Union, followed. We are confronted with the Russian self-conception of an international regulatory power comparable with the United States and China while Europe is losing importance. The policy of the “European Peace Order” is put into question. Internally, we observe a Russia in search of a new identity on the basis of “Traditional Russian Values”. The international Russian policy is characterized by the “Russian Fear” of regime change through so called “Coloured Revolutions”. From Russia’s point of view the West wanted to gain control over Ukraine with such a regime change. The process of alienation between Russia and the West continues until this day and is again visible in the ongoing conflict.

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