The New Cold War as a Geopolitical and civilizational Reality

In contrast to the previous optimistic forecasts of ruling elite in late USSR and new Russia about how our country's relations with West will develop positively after collapse Soviet Union socialist system Eastern Europe, Russia's successful entry into Western community; triumphalist sentiments itself regarding "collapse communism", victory cold war role Russia, which has lost its as a superpower, subordinate interests community, real reality international turned out be completely different. At turn century, result NATO's aggression against Yugoslavia, approach troops weapons this bloc borders, open support for separatist movements wars on territory Russian Federation, process disillusionment illusions began. It sharply intensified Vladimir Putin's Munich speech 2007, recognition independence South Ossetia Abkhazia, especially conflict Ukraine reunification Crimea, actually led beginning war. Gradually, elites began realize that decisive reason former "cold war" 1946-1989 was not so much notorious "communism" European countries, but above all fundamental civilizational geopolitical differences between dating back centuries, stable Russophobic public opinion West. As experience history modernity shows, domestic position is possible only if it preserves strengthens status great Eurasian power based sovereign foreign policy, socio-economic course approved by people wise state ideology.