“Restored Sovereignty” as the Basis of National Pride

... to Survive in a Trench Warfare,” RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov rightly points out that Russia’s foreign policy in recent years has gradually become a source of national pride, and one of the reasons for this is the restoration of state sovereignty. Indeed, the military successes in Syria and the extremely convincing portion of the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly devoted to national defence leave no doubt in the public consciousness about Russia’s military and political ...