Geopolítica da Rússia de Putin: Não é a União Soviética, mas gostava de ser…

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to understand and analyse the cur‐ rent geopolitics of the Russian Fede‐ ration, arguing that although it is not the ussr, in a sense it would like to be in terms of space and power. Focusing on the discourse and practice of Vla‐ dimir Putin, we begin by analysing the geography, demography, and borders of post‐Soviet Russia and then deepen Putin’s view of Russia, post‐Soviet space, and the world order. Subse‐ quently, we assess the main factors of power in Russia and its use under Putin’s leadership: on the one hand, relative economic power, geoecono‐ mics and the geopolitics of energy; on the other hand, military power and Putin’s Russia geostrategy.