Contraction of Russian power
Main changes in Russia’s international role following the end of the Cold War:
1. Reduction of the main parametres of Russia’s power
Territorial losses
Economic depression
The military crisis
Ideological neutralization
after being a key part of the Global Left for most of the 20th century, Russia joined the Global (neoliberal) Right
2. Russian society was opened to the impact of global forces with minimal regulation by the state
3. Political affiliation with the West
4. Reluctant acceptance of US hegemony