Seven Steps Beyond the Crisis Horizon: Reflecting on Past Mistakes

... indirectly — on economic, political and military aid from Russia. In addition, they continue to face problems trying to form stable state institutions (the most recent example of this being the severe political unrest in Abkhazia in January 2020). Unrecognized states and territories continue to be a grave obstacle to building productive relations with Russia's neighbours in the post-Soviet space. I’d like to hope that the recent reshuffle in the Kremlin will breathe new life into work in this area, particularly concerning shifting the emphasis from traditional post-Soviet geopolitics to issues surrounding ...