Domestic Sources of Russias Resurgence as a Global Great Power

Abstract

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia being its legitimate heir lost most of its greatness. In recent years, coincided as they have been with Vladimir Putin holding office, Russia appears to have been on the way to recover and reemerge as a first tier great power in world politics. Holding constant the shaping influence of the international system and geopolitics, this development also owes much to the legacy of Czarism, the Soviet Union and Putins two-term presidency.