| Summary/Abstract |
Over the past 25 years, that is, since a new sovereign state entity appeared in the world arena in December 1991, this is the fifth document adopted by Russia's supreme leadership that presents its views on the fundamental principles, priorities, tasks, and goals of Russia's foreign policy. However, if this event is approached from a practical (businesslike), not formal, standpoint, then it turns out that it is in fact the first document on this scale and of this kind, as it drastically differs from the previous documents. When a new international entity emerged in the geographical territory of the RSFSR (Russia's historical territory) on June 12, 1990, the leadership of this entity, as represented by Boris Yeltsin and his entourage, had no idea of what economic and political model they would propose to 145 million RSFSR citizens. The only thing that was somehow clear was that this model would not be a repetition of the Bolshevist state planning model. A foreign policy concept was not formulated. So, the first decade was spent in search of a concept. It was almost a blind search.
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