Alieksieichenko O. The policy of the Russian Federation on "frozen conflicts" in the post-Soviet region.

The dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of the policy on "frozen conflicts" in the Transnistrian region of Republic of Moldova, Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia and Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The author has improved the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of "frozen conflicts" that contributes to the revelation of their characteristics and specific features. The reasons of conflicts, historical and geopolitical inducements of Russia's participation in their "freezing" have been found out. The author has determined the complex of diplomatic, military and political, economic and informational actions in the "frozen conflicts" area in Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, that aims to preserve the Russian influence in conflict regions in particular and in the former Soviet Union at large. The author has also analyzed the evolution of approaches of the Russian Federation on the "frozen conflicts" governance in the former Soviet Union and determined the main stages of Russia's policy realization in the zone of conflicts in Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The author analyzes the approaches to the "frozen conflicts" adjustment of all its participants, the leading actors of world politics, international mediators and observers are defined, that has allowed to analyze policy of the Russian Federation towards the "frozen conflicts" area in the post-Soviet region considering the maximum number of points of view. The author has formulated the suggestions aimed to resist the imperial policies in the post-Soviet region.