01029nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001600043653001200059653002200071653001900093653001200112100001900124245005000143300001000193490000700203520063700210       2018                            d  cWinter 201810aGeorgia10apost-Soviet space10aRussian policy10aUkraine1 aMalina Kaszuba00aGeorgia and Ukraine in the Kremlin’s Policy  a43-590 v173 a<p>The Russian Federation believes that the post-Soviet region is strategically important and considers it to be the exclusive zone of its influence. Each of the former republics occupies a specific place in its foreign and security policy. In the following article the author has made an attempt to determine the place of Georgia and Ukraine in the aforementioned policy. It was made by analyzing Moscow’s policy towards them, including actions that clearly enabled the implementation of a strategic political turn towards the West, which for the Kremlin would mean a gradual loss of influence in the area of the former USSR.</p>