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No ,because Russia as in Putin are trying to tell the world that Russia is back.It is a greater power than ever and entitled to dominate other countries example  as russia has been interfering with countries in europe with their elections.

Russian cyber-attacks.Russia is not a country that is looking to pursue peace. Russia has no interest in a peaceful and prosperous EU as a trading partner, Russia seeks to undermine the bloc and works actively towards this aim.

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- have a big influence in world politics
- economically stable
- high technology weapons
- strong military forces

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Announced 6 August 2014 by President Putin. Russia banned European food imports in response to EU sanctions.

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Russia's rise to power originates from the history of Russia itself.

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This depends if the Russian government are willing to.
While Russia does look forward to expand their influence, peace should not be sacrificed. As Russia is facing sanctions from the West due to the Crimean invasion, there is a possibility that Moscow might sever their ties with the West, although this step seems unfeasible. What I think is that Russia does indeed try to look for peace as long as the West doesn't block their interests from being gained by Russia in order to achieve greatness.

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They choose to ignore them.

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Russia is a great power because of their military abilities,geographical advantages

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No, with Russia assertiveness on being the most powerful

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Doesn't have really good relation with European countries.
>Regarding gas disputes :
-The Russia–Ukraine gas dispute of 2009 damaged Russia's reputation as a gas supplier.
-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin threatened to review Russia's relations with the EU.
"If Russia’s interests are ignored, we will also have to start reviewing the fundamentals of our relations", Putin stated.

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Russia is a self-sufficient country, they do not need to import sources from other nations

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EU-Russia relation have never been easy but russia want to have close partnership with Europe based on Russia principles such as equality and mutual benefit

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Russia doesn't really enjoy good ties with European countries (one might put it as frosty like their weather) for various factors.
The Russians don't consider themselves European, and have ideologies that greatly differ from the West.
Eventhough communism is now no more, the difference between Russia and the rest of Europe still exist, as they perceive themselves as a greater power than Europe.

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Russia Federation and European country didn't have understanding especially in politic as both of them are trying very hard to show their greatness to the world. But for certain European country like Ukraine and Georgia , Russia treat them politely because it is importance for them to realise Putin's dream . Ukraine and georgia are located in border between Russia and Europe.

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no because Russia want to be the greatest country

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No, I don't think Russia can be at peace with other major powers because the country strives to prove (and wants) to be the greatest. Thus, Russia does not plan to be at the same level as other countries.

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Russia always seek advantage to gain power over the European countries especially Ukraine and Belarus since they claimed that these provinces use to be owned by them

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yes with China but not with the the other 3 countries.This can be seen through BRICS initiative when China and Russia are being collaborated in aspect of economic.abbas ali

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yes with China but not with the the other 3 countries.This can be seen through BRICS initiative when China and Russia are being collaborated in aspect of economic.abbas ali

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Russia is a great power because of its expansion of political influence and military power

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russia is a great power as Russia is the member of P5. have permenent veto power

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Yes, if they are established as as the world's greatest power (which, as of today, is the US). To establish this, Russia will most probably focus on their military power and economy. The tensions between Russia and other major powers will always be there but should they become the greatest superpower (sole or unchallenged), only cold war will remain.

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Yes, if they are established as as the world's greatest power (which, as of today, is the US). To establish this, Russia will most probably focus on their military power and economy. The tensions between Russia and other major powers will always be there but should they become the greatest superpower (sole or unchallenged), only cold war will remain.

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No, because Russia are trying to prove to the world that it can be a great power on it's own without any help or influence from other countries

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IMO, Russia seems to be walking on eggshells bc they have so little in common with the western european countries, that if there is a slight change in regional preference by bordering countries such as having the need to have more economic involvement and not depending on big bro Russia, Russia would lose its stand and influence and possibly be cut off from that point on. No one would do business with Russia anymore. More former USSR countries might follow suit and eventually be 'westernized' and the western influence would gradually approach the Russian borders and eventually the way Russia do(es) their thing would be affected and change, there might even be a major event following up to this effect. Also IMO, if Russia is not resistant to sudden changes or changes not in their favour, crisis would occur.

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Russia is definitely a great and rising power because other countries are not able to oppose Russia as it continues with its military and economical expansion.
Moreover , Russia has veto power in the international relation so what can other country do to oppose them ? Their attempt to invade neighbouring countries seems like a piece of  cake . This is because everyone recognizes the fact that opposing Russia means triggering WWIII and nobody wants that .

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In general, I do think Russia is a great power because it is one of the few countries that are permanent members of the UN Security Council (hence, they have veto power).

Besides, they also have lots of resources, most importantly oil and gas. They also have a strong military power.

Despite not being as great as the Soviet Union was, Russia is still a relatively great power among the world.

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No. Probably because of  Russia's tendency to always best others. Despite being an influential power already, Russia has a drive to always be the MOST powerful and they demand to be revered to.

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-it's ability to resolve the conflicts between Syria and US.
-equipped with weapons and nuclear plants

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No because Russia wants to become the greatest and overcome other major powers. In my opinion, Russia wants to rule the world by itself.

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On Saturday, Russia invaded and effectively annexed Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula in the Black Sea. In doing so, Russian President Vladimir Putin shrewdly took advantage of the political uncertainty that arose when Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's former kleptocratic president, took flight last week and was swiftly replaced by a hastily formed provisional government in Kiev. Russia might justify its behavior by speaking of a need to protect ethnic Russians but, in reality, the move was a thinly veiled attempt to forward Putin's real agenda: re-establishing Russia as a resurrected great power.

The official Russian explanation for flooding Crimea with troops, who, dressed in uniforms without insignia, first showed up to "guard" two airports in Crimea and then the Crimean regional legislature, was that Russia was concerned about the treatment of the ethnic Russian minority within Ukraine, particularly in Crimea. The thin pretext was a law that Ukraine's provisional parliament speedily passed after Yanukovych's departure that downgraded the status of the Russian language relative to the Ukrainian language.

As U.S. President Barack Obama evidently mentioned during the 90-minute phone conversation he had with Putin after Russian troops first invaded Crimea, the Russian minority hardly constituted a reason to invade. After all, in 2008, when Putin sent forces to Georgia, another neighboring former Soviet state, he at least waited until a few houses were burned down in the ethnic Russian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. At that point, he dispatched thousands of troops to "liberate" the persecuted Russian minority and, incidentally, establish Russian sovereignty and a lasting military presence in the regions.

In Crimea, however, tensions had not escalated beyond some pushing and shoving between ethnic Russians on the one side and ethnic Ukrainians and indigenous Crimean Tatars on the other. And the only people hurt in these skirmishes were ethnic Ukrainians. It makes little sense for Russia to squander the international goodwill it generated from the unexpectedly successful Sochi Olympics for a few million Russians living in Ukraine (

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Putin's mission in Ukraine -- as with the Olympics and the last-minute diplomatic intervention in Syria last year -- is to remind the world that Russia is back and that it is a greater power than ever. It is entitled to international respect, he believes, and to dominate its neighbors economically and, evidently, militarily.