| Summary/Abstract |
The thirty years of joint efforts to build an effective dialogue between
the Russian government and the Russian diaspora abroad have produced
controversial results. The Russian diaspora has remained one of the most
divided and disunited in the world. Its potential as a lobbyist and broker
has gradually shrunk to zero, while no system capable of protecting the
rights of compatriots has been built by Moscow to this day. Recent years
have seen still greater fragmentation and polarization of Russians living
abroad, triggered by the Kremlin’s foreign policy actions in 2014. There
has developed a confrontation between those who associate themselves
with their compatriots and the Russian world, on the one hand, and
Global Russians, on the other hand.
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