RUSSIAN EXTERNAL POLICY EVOLUTION IN CENTRAL ASIA
This article has an attempt to retrace the evolution of external political course of Russian Federation in Central Asia on the basis of different documents analysis and officials’ performances, which influence external policy’s formation. This work also considers possibilities and challenges for Russia in that region. In the countries of Central Asia unstoppable competition of ideas, concepts and geopolitical projects occur. According to our opinion, in order to win in that process, Russia should offer the most attractive and pragmatic variants of cooperation which are not limited only by declarations.