Russia-West-East
... economy. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, relations between Russia and the West have been oscillating between warm and varying degrees of cool. The relations tend... ... positions on many global policy issues, including the events in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia. For all the importance of the gas contract signed by the two... ... periodically result in new cold spells in its relations with the West, and mutual accusations. But we should not be too concerned about that. An independent foreign policy...