Western mass media are actively discussing Russia’s external policies. There is a lot of information published on this topic recently. There are countless articles devoted to Putin and Russia.
If to try to sum up all the information on this topic, it turns out that there are 2 groups with different attitude towards Russia’s external policies.
The bigger group thinks that Russia’s external policies are unpredictable and may be dangerous to the West. Therefore, they urge Western politician to exert pressure on Moscow in effort to restrict its tough external policies.
The minor group views Russia as a potential partner, thereby calling its external policy rational and pragmatic.
The confrontation between the 2 groups can be considered on the example of an article written by Mark Adomanis and published by Forbes. It is called Is Vladimir Putin's Foreign Policy Unpopular? Not So Much.
Let’s have a closer look at it.
Controversial Attitude Towards Russia’s External Policy
All those hot discussions between foreign experts gave our experts an opportunity to consider all the range of Western attitudes towards Russia’ external policy.
As far as the mentioned article is concerned, Mark Adomanis strongly disagrees with David Kramer, the head of Freedom House, one of the highest-profile proponents of the Magnitsky bill.
According to Eugene Olkhovsky, Masterforex-V Academy’s leading experts in financial markets from Canada, the 2 experts seem to have been divided over the cornerstones of Russia’s external policy.
Kramer thinks that it Russia’s external policy is based on the Russian elite’s interests instead of working for the benefit of the Russian people. In particular, he says it is all about consolidating Putin’s power. Apparently, his assumes that Putin’s ambitions are the real reasons for the confrontation between the USA and Russia. If this is the case, the strategic dialog with the Kremlin looks impossible. At the same time, Kramer goes on, the USA’s external policy is supported by most of the electorate. Kramer is indignant at the Kremlin’s stance on the Syrian issue. He says that the Russians in general do not share Putin’s standpoint on Syria.
On the contrary, Mark Adomanis assumes that the real reasons for the confrontation between the USA and Russia have nothing to deal with Putin. It is all about geopolitics, economy, culture, history, religion etc. These 2 countries have different interests initially. The 2 nations see the world differently. Indeed, most of the Russian electorate does support Putin’s policy towards Syria. Therefore, the Kremlin’s standpoint coincides with the people’s one.
True Politicians Are Guided By National Interests
Whether the USA likes it or not, the Russians have their own national interests as well as all the recourses required to achieve their goals and to turn Russia into another superpower dominating the area around it.
There are several factors that determine Russia’s ambitions, including its size, geographical position, economic and military potential etc.
By the way, currency experts have recently reconsidered the forecast for USDRUB in 2013. They expect the Russian Ruble to strengthen against the US Dollar from 32,4 to 31,4.
The chart below, courtesy of Masterforex-V Academy, reflects the current state of affairs in the market of USDRUB:
There is one more question left: Why is the USA concerned about Russia’s efforts to build its own union on the basis of the ex-USSR. Apparently, the USA doesn’t want Russia to consolidate its position even more, thereby turning into another USSR as it will affect the USA’s own geopolitical ambitions.
