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We know that a country which for so long sought independence and finally gained it, and especially one like Russia, can never be directed from abroad. Our long-standing political tradition to always have our own view of things and get others listen to and reckon with us is testimony to this.Of course, there were times when the weakness of Russia limited such possibilities. Thus, after the breakup of the USSR the disorganization of the economy and the stranglehold of our financial dependence fettered our striving to act independently. We fairly soon managed to overcome the most acute problems: the economy has been growing and diversifying year after year, the life of people has been improving, although plenty of work has yet to be done, and broad consensus has formed in society on the course being pursued by the country's leadership in international affairs.
The foreign policy independence of Russia is our chief achievement and an unconditional imperative. In the contemporary globalizing world not everyone can afford this. And for us this is a principled question. To create necessary conditions for ensuring the sovereignty of the country is the absolute priority of Russian diplomacy.
It is already obvious that a "unipolar world" has not materialized. Objectively this was not even possible. The overwhelming majority of states already proceed from the multipolar reality. And we cannot agree with the speculation that the multipolar world supposedly leads to chaos in international relations. It is unilateral, especially force-based response that piles up problems and widens the conflict space in world politics.
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Erheblich umfangreicher ist seine Ansprache vor dem Rat für Außen- und Verteidigungspolitik, in der es, neben rußlandspezifischen Fragen, auch um die 'heißen Eisen' der Weltpolitik geht: Multipolarität/Multivektoralität, Konflikt der Kulturen, Gewalt in den internationalen Beziehungen und Terrorismus. Dieser Text dürfte eines der Schlüsseldokumente für die (Selbst-)Beurteilung der derzeitigen russischen Außenpolitik sein.
Eine (deutschsprachige) Zusammenfassung dessen enthält auch dieser Artikel in den Mowskowskije Nowosti.
Schließlich macht Lawrow in der Washington Post deutlich, daß es - zumindest aus russischer Sicht - nicht um einen neuen Kalten Krieg gehen kann. Insofern überrascht es nicht, daß die Befürworter eines solchen Konflikts (z.B. Edward Lucas) vornehmlich im "Westen" zu finden sind.
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