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Describes Strategies Used By President Putin From 2000 Onwards To Recreate Greater Russia. It Shows The Subtlety Of The Means Of Control, Through Creating Economic, Energy, Political And Military Dependencies. Provides Comprehensive Coverage Of Russia's Relations To The Former Soviet Territories Of The Cis Countries, Including Ukraine And Putin's Role In The Events Surrounding The Orange Revolution, Belarus And The Attempts To Form A Union, The Caucasus And Russia's Role In The Various Conflicts, Moldova, Including The Transdniester Conflict, And Central Asia. The Russian Regional Security Complex And Russian Foreign Policy Towards The Cis Countries -- Russia And The European Security Sub-complex: Relations With Belarus, Ukraine And Moldova -- Russia And The Caucasus Security Sub-complex: Relations With Armenia, Azerbaijan And Georgia And The Regional Conflicts -- Russia And The Asian Regional Sub-complex: Relations With Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan And Turkmenistan -- Russia As A Regional Great Power: Analysis Of The Past And Future Of Putin's Attempt To Re-build Greater Russia: Objectives, Strategies, Policies, Instruments, And Prospects For Success. Bertil Nygren. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [273]-314) And Index.