The evolution of the Visegrad Group's positions in the field of multilateral relations with modern Russia

Relevance. The problem of the crisis in the relations of the Russian Federation with the states of Central Europe remains one of the factors of destabilization of modern international relations. The Visegrad Four Community of states demonstrates by its example the inconsistency and inconsistency in shaping the strategy of relations with modern Russia. Designing a model of communication between the Russian side and the Visegrad Group countries requires a full-fledged understanding. The current change in the positions of the Governments of Hungary and Slovakia regarding the possibility of restoring cooperation with Russia leads to an expansion of the field of scientific research on this topic. The purpose of the study is to analyze the evolution of the position of the Visegrad Group states regarding maintaining relations with the Russian Federation.

Research objectives: analysis of the evolution of the position of the Visegrad Group states regarding the maintenance of relations with the Russian Federation.

Methodology. The work uses comparative, structural and functional methods, as well as the method of content analysis.

The results of the study. The content of the current crisis in the relations of the Visegrad Four member states in Russia is the general context of the development of the political process on the European continent. The main transformations of multilateral relations are dictated by the clash of interests of political elites and contradictions between the dominant social ideologies in the post-socialist states of Central Europe.

Conclusions. As a result of the study, the conclusion is formulated that the factor of relations with the Russian Federation in a situation of a full-scale international crisis acquires the importance of the dominant condition for preserving the internal unity of the Visegrad Group as a specific subject of regional policy. The divergence of positions towards Russia's perception among the member states complicates the possibility of restoring the influence and importance of the association as an actor of integration processes in Central Europe. The desire to turn the Visegrad Four into a component of the anti-Russian strategy of the Atlantic powers results in the erosion of this regional association and its delegitimization as a full participant in international relations.

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