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The war in Ukraine is the logical next step for Russian politics in the neighbouring countries

Defensor Legis 4,5/2023 s. 684–691
29.1.2024
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Modern Russia is a relatively young country, due to celebrate its 32nd anniversary in December. Although the transition from the Soviet era has naturally been difficult, 32 years is plenty of time to build functional democratic institutions, establish the rule of law, a free civil society and free media and weed out chronic corruption. Russia’s attitude towards the basic principles of international law, such as sovereign equality or the inviolability of established borders, varies from country to country. This formula is a combination of the peculiar nationality politics of the Soviet era and the trauma that the collapse of the Soviet Union caused to the current leaders of Russia. In this article we get a glimpse of the political state of Russia, which has resulted in an almost total falling-out between them and the rule-based West.

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