Russia is in the Regional Alliances of the Eurasian States. Civilizational Dimension

Abstract

The article analyzes the prospects of possible alliances between Russia and the Eurasian states in the context of the formation of new centers of world dynamics, gradually shifting to Asia. This observed change in the geopolitical and geo-economic configuration of the world encourages Russia to turn to the East. But the results of this reversal from Europe to "Greater Eurasia" are not at all obvious. Possible difficulties are determined by the political, economic and civilizational differences of the countries of the Eurasian continent. According to the author, the prospects for an equal partnership between Russia and India and China are connected with the formation of a new model of modernization on its own civilizational basis. So far, the civilizational model of the development of the Russian Federation is heterogeneous. And this fact is beyond the attention of the ruling and intellectual elites of the country. Currently, the Russian Center for Strategic Research (RCC), supervised by Alexey Kudrin, is proposed to abandon the "comprehensive modernization program" and focus on the formation of new development institutions: the so-called "transitional institutions", designed to ensure the transformation of the "natural state" into the "state of open access" to political and economic resources. This is important, but not enough. In addition to the development of new rules (institutions) of social and public administration, a great deal of cultural and ideological work is needed to update the value and semantic framework of Russia, to fill it with new meanings.