Russians in Russia's Neighbouring States as a Subject of Domestic and Foreign Policy: Government Action Between State and Ethnic Nationalism

Research question/goal: 

The project aims to evaluate the degree with which the Russian Federation exploits the issue of Russian minorities in neighbouring states for asserting its foreign policy interests. The study will therefore look at the factors which inside Russia lead to the emergence of the issue area "Russians in the 'Near Abroad' ". In a second step the project compares the approach of Russia towards the Russian minority issue in relations with Latvia and Kazakhstan.

Fact sheet

Funding: 
DFG / MZES
Duration: 
1997 to 2000
Status: 
completed
Data Sources: 
Western and Russian secondary literature; official documents
Geographic Space: 
Russia, Baltics, Latvia, Kazakhstan

Publications

Book Chapters

Preißler, Franz (1997): Die Russen in den Nachbarstaaten Rußlands als Thema in der rußländischen Innen- und Außenpolitik: Staatliches Handeln im Spannungsfeld von Staats- und Ethnonationalismus. Pp. 37-44 in: Egbert Jahn, Astrid Sahm, Manfred Sapper (Eds.) Konflikt- und Kooperationsstrukturen in Osteuropa. Momentaufnahmen der Transformation Europas. Mannheim. more