The City of Moscow in Russia's Foreign and Security Polica

Role, Aims and Motivations

Author(s): Oleg Alexandrov
Series: Project Regionalization of Russian Foreign and Security Policy
Issue: 7
Publisher(s): Forschungsstelle für Sicherheitspolitik und Konfliktanalyse, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2001

Moscow enjoys an exceptional position among the Russian regions. Due to its huge economic and financial potential, the city of Moscow largely shapes the country's economic and political processes. This study provides an overall insight into the complex international network that the city of Moscow is tied into. It also assesses the role, aims and motivations of the main regional actors that are involved. These include the political authorities, the media tycoons and the major financial-industrial groups. Special attention is paid to the problem of institutional and non-institutional interaction between the Moscow city authorities and the federal center in the foreign and security policy sector, with an emphasis on the impact of Putin's federal reforms.

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