Federacja Rosyjska wobec problemu afgańskiego w okresie 2014–2021
The Russian Federation towards the Afghan problem in the period 2014–2021

Summary/Abstract: The internal situation in Afghanistan has been an extremely important point of reference for Rus-sian foreign policy in the 21st century. Russia has been closely monitoring everything that is takingplace in this country for many years, because the processes taking place in Afghanistan have a strongimpact on the Central Asian region, and this, by the authorities, in the Kremlin, is considered its ownsphere of influence. For the purposes of this article, a research hypothesis was created, assuming thatfor Moscow, the Taliban’s takeover of power in Afghanistan is an opportunity to increase its influencein this region of Asia, because since 2014 Russia has consistently pursued a policy of supporting thisextremist group. The article uses the institutional and legal method (in defining the Afghan problem inthe strategic document, the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation of 2016), as wellas the decision-making method (in characterizing the actions taken by the Russian authorities againstthe Taliban in the period 2014–2021).

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