SECURITY FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY - RUS DI？ POL？T？KASINDA GüVENL？K FAKT？Rü

After the USSR, Russian Federation abandoned the socialist system which adopted politically and economically, and she began to articulate the capitalist system and also reconcile herself with “liberal democratic” countries. However, this radical transformation has brought about serious problems both in domestic politics and foreign policy in terms of Russia. At this point, there has also been a significant change in terms of foreign policy. Russia has experienced a contraction in every sense (geographical, economic, population, military capacity…) compared to the USSR, and this is reflected in foreign policy. Another change has been in the field of security. In this regard, especially regional cooperation organizations are in the foreground. In this study, the security factor will be considered in Russian foreign policy. Firstly, the changes in Russian foreign policy will be outlined in general, and the security factor in Russian foreign policy will be examined. Later, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization which have very functional qualifications for Russia in terms of both foreign policy and security will be examined