Russia’s Political Agenda in the Post-Soviet Space

... number of member states, has a special status with the United Nations and extensive experience of the conflict in Tajikistan in the 1990s. In that respect, Russia remains a key player in regional security matters. Developing the security agenda in the CIS format attests to the fact that Moscow is trying to bring in all the multilateral cooperation formats that exist in the post-Soviet space in order to have greater room for manoeuvre in the event that things turn nasty. Regional Security: Old Problems in New Conditions REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin ...