俄罗斯的地理环境及其与原苏联各共和国的关系

RUSSIA′S GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT AND ITS RELATIONS WITH EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS

俄罗斯横跨欧亚大陆,在欧亚政治地理上占有重要战略地位。苏联解体后,原来15个加盟共和国成为15个独立国家,俄罗斯面临新的国际环境。苏联存在的70多年中,俄罗斯同周边各共和国保持着千丝万缕的联系,既相互依存,又有利益冲突,而新的国际环境给俄罗斯对外政策在保障国家利益方面提出新的任务。俄罗斯外长科济列夫阐述了俄对外政策的几个主要方面:一是以近距离外交为重点,为巩固独联体开展活动;二是保护原苏联各共和国操俄语居民的权利;三是沿俄罗斯边界建立'睦邻地带';四是保障俄罗斯的国家安全。这四个方面是由俄罗斯的国内政治决定的。

The second article gives a general introduction of Russia's relationship with the ex-Soviet republics viewing from the geopolitical change since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Given the detailed information of how Russia is going to adjust its policy toward those countries in favor of its own development,the article may help us to know more of Russia's very complicated international environment.