러시아의 재외동포정책

Abstract

The collapse of the USSR bequeathed plenty of problems to the Russian Federation. One of the most important issues is related to the overseas russians in the Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS). To understand this problem we have to know three tensely related issues. First issue is the conditions surrounding overseas russians. Second is the policies of the newly independent states on overseas russians. The last is policies of the Russian Federation on overseas russians. The economic and political situations of the overseas russians are various according to the place of the residence. But few of them enjoy stable life, which was the main reason for Russian Government to engage in the protection of the civil rights and freedom of the overseas russians. Meanwhile, Russian Government wants overseas russians to play a role of a leverage to excercise influence over the countries of the former USSR. With the introduction of the new Civil Law in 2002 favorable conditions for overseas russians disappeared, which was resurrected by the presidential decree in 2006. But whether the decree means that Russian Government intends to exercise influence over the countries of the former USSR is now uncertain.