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RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
SBU439	RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY	5	3	3	5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Factors Shaping Russian Foreign Policy	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Indicative Actors, Institutions and Criterions from Past to Today	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Indicating Russian National Interests in and After USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Period	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Putin’s Ideas on Russian Foreign Policy	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Geopolitical Position and Energy Policies of Russia	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Russia’s Relations with the West	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Russia’s Relations with the West	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	The Concept of Russia’s Military and Soft Power Usage	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Hybrid War Concept and Rise of Nationalism	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Russia - NATO Relations, Georgia’s Intervention	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Russia’s Intervention in Ukraine	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Military Expedition in Syria	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
15	Reading the related subject in the coursebook	Transatlantic Relations	Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-