Alexander Sotnichenko: Russia has nothing to offer to neighboring countries yet

PanARMENIAN.Net - Information about the "Project Russia" plan is likely to be a personal opinion of the magazine, Alexander Sotnichenko , leading analyst of the St. Petersburg Center for Study of Modern Middle East told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, commenting on information disseminated by the Italian Limes magazine. According to the latter, Putin and Medvedev probably develop a plan called "Project Russia". According to him, it is likely that the publication has expressed a general opinion of the West about Russia.



Once Russia was an empire, uniting all countries of the region around. At this moment it is expected the same from Moscow, " the Russian scientist said.   "Right now, Russia cannot offer the ideology of unification to its neighboring countries, such a project is impossible," Alexander Sotnichenko said, noting that Moscow's relations with neighboring countries play the major role. Russia is in strained relations with Belarus and has changed its policy towards Ukraine. 



Italian journal Limes circulated information that Putin and Medvedev may develop a plan called "Project Russia". According to the magazine covering geopolitics, the project includes rehabilitation of particular areas of Russia: Transdniestria, South-Eastern Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. The project involves the idea of creating "Russian Union": with Belarus, Central Ukraine, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and conclusion of a military alliance with Uzbekistan.