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The test consists of several kinds of questions. You have 75 min to answer all the questions. Please make sure that you do not forget to write your name and student number. Also, please make sure you mail it back to me by 10.30 a.m.; otherwise, I will not be able to grade it appropriately. 

1.	Put Russian foreign ministers in chronological order and give a short description of their views on Russian foreign policy:
Lavrov
Kozyrev
Primakov
2.	Describe who are the Eurasianists and their main ideas (max. 100 words)

3.	According to the constitution, the President appoints the following elements of the decision-making structure in the RFP (more than one answer):
a)	Russian Duma                             c) prime minister
b)	Minister of Foreign Affairs                d) secretary of the Security Council
4.	From your point of view, what historical events shaped the current RFP? Please choose three and explain your choice (max. 150 words):

5.	Russian regions can make their own decisions in some spheres of RFP. What are these spheres? (only ONE answer)
a)	Participation in international organizations      c) security
b)	Economy                                       d) establishing diplomatic representation
6.	Outline the main achievement and failures of the CIS as a regional integrational organization (max. 100 words):

7.	Putin`s approach to the post-Soviet space can be best described as (explain your choice) – max. 50 words:
a)	Idealistic                                  c) liberal
b)	Pragmatic                                 d) Stalinist

8.	Fill in the name of the country (Russia’s western neighbors) based on the description of Russian relations to it:
	•	The furthest integration with Russia 
•	Common defense policy
•	Almost total dependence on the Russian economy	
	•	Russia has been continuously involved in this country`s elections (presidential and parliamentary)
•	Both countries are interested in putting an end to energy dependency
•	Currently on the top of RFP priorities in the “near abroad.”	
	•	There are still Russian troops on the territory of this state (frozen conflict)
•	Gazprom accounts for about a third of the energy sector
•	There are three main issues in the bilateral relations: withdrawal of Russian troops, extensive Russian gas supplies and this country`s debts to Russia; status of the separatist region supported by Russia	

9.	Outline and describe the main differences between the CIS and the Eurasian Economic Union (max. 100 words): 

10.	Describe who suggested the idea of the “common European home” and what it consisted of (max. 50 words):

11.	What is NOT among the problems that prevented the 4 Common Spaces from the successful implementation (more than one answer)?
a)	Russo-Georgian war                                   
b)	Planting of the Russian flag on the Arctic seabed       
c)	Enlargement of the EU
d)	Re-set of Russo-American relations

12.	Outline and describe the main issues of bilateral relations between Russia and the EU, including their problems (max. 100 words): 

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