Transnistria, 6, 53, 95, 97, 99, 106, 110, 133, 242, 244
compatriot policies, 98, 117
humanitarian policies, 115
passportization, 43, 121–22
protection, 131–32
and Russian interests, 113
soft power, 124
Treisman, Daniel, 14
Trenin, Dmitri, 7
Tsarist Russia, 3, 5, 13–14, 98, 213, 250–51
Turkey, 20, 188, 239
and Armenia, 211–12, 215, 220–21, 238
Turkmenistan, 20, 23, 45, 73, 172, 208–9, 243, 246, 248, 250, 253
compatriot policies, 196
history of, 176
information warfare, 200–202
passportization, 198–99
protection, 206
and Russian interests, 187–88
Russian speakers, 180–81
soft power, 189–90
201st Motorized Rifle Division, 186, 193
Ukraine, 10, 19–20, 22, 28, 47, 52, 134–35, 238, 241–45
annexation, 132–33
compatriot policies, 9, 118–19
history of, 6, 15, 62, 100–101
humanitarian policies, 115–16
information warfare, 122–24
passportization, 120–21
protection, 126–29
and Russian interests, 108–10
Russian speakers, 102–3
and separatism, 54, 73, 102, 110, 238
soft power, 111–12
United Nations, 35–36, 153
United States, 6, 8, 20, 36, 169, 170, 175–76, 254–55
and Armenia, 222, 224, 228, 235, 239
and Kyrgyzstan, 185, 203
and Turkmenistan, 176
and Uzbekistan, 175
Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline, 109
Ušakovs, Nils, 158
Uzbekistan, 20, 23, 60, 70, 172, 208–9, 246, 248
compatriot policies, 196–97
history of, 101, 174–75
humanitarian policies, 192
information warfare, 200, 202
protection, 206
and Russian interests, 186–88
Russian speakers, 183–84
soft power, 189–90
Vilnius, 138, 160–61, 165
Visaginas, 161, 167
VTB United basketball league, 150
Warsaw Pact States, 6, 14, 224
World Congress of Russian Compatriots, 40, 86, 91, 118
World Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots, 86
Yastrzhembsky, Sergey, 163
Yeltsin, Boris, 6, 25, 64–69, 71–73, 76, 93, 152–53, 162, 193, 205
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir, 7, 205, 207
Ziegler, Charles, 64
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