What are Russia's neighbors?

Russia's neighbors: Norway and Finland in the northwest, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Belarus in the west, Ukraine in the southwest, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the south and China, Mongolia and North Korea in the southeast. The coastline is 37,653 kilometers long. At the same time, Russia faces Japan, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden and the United States across the sea.

Russia's foreign policy:

Russia's foreign strategy is embodied in many aspects of diplomacy. Multi-faceted diplomacy is based on two points: first, the principle of national interests, which is related to Russia's geographical factors as a big country in Europe and Asia; The second is the understanding of world multipolarization, which is related to Russia's own positioning concept in today's world. Since Russia declared its independence in June 1990, its diplomacy has experienced a process from "one-sided" to multi-faceted.

After Putin came to power, he further promoted multifaceted diplomacy to the height of the principle of "balance" and operated it. Its structure is roughly as follows:

1. In its diplomatic blueprint, Russia's relations with other CIS member countries are the most prominent. Russia regards it as "internal affairs in diplomacy and diplomacy in internal affairs".

2. In the relationship between the United States and Western Europe, the ranking has been adjusted, putting Western Europe ahead of the United States.

3. Attach great importance to relations with countries in the Asia-Pacific region, especially with China, Indian, Japanese, Korean Peninsula and ASEAN countries.

4. Diplomacy towards African and Latin American countries has also been expanded with emphasis and more flexible means.

Furthermore, the balance itself is divided into several grades. The balance between Europe and Asia in the world, the balance between Europe and America in the West, the balance between China and India in Asia, the balance between Korea and North Korea on the Korean Peninsula, and so on. But from the specific operation point of view, some links of this balance are relative. For example, compared with Asia, Europe ranks first, which is why Putin said that Russia, as a big country in Europe and Asia, is first and foremost a civilized country in Europe. But then the weight of Asia increased.

The balance of foreign policy is determined by Russia's national interests in the new turning period. The balance of interests determines the balance of policies. To revitalize Russia, we must first develop the economy and demand a reliable security environment. For this reason, its diplomacy must face the world and focus on the overall situation, instead of targeting only certain countries as in the past.

Under the background of world multipolarization and economic globalization, Russia has to struggle and compromise in the face of external pressure in order to balance. This contradictory situation and complicated psychology determine that Putin has always adopted a two-handed strategy of combining hard and soft when dealing with western powers such as the United States.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Russia