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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2026. Vol 55

China in the Program Documents of the Parliamentary Parties of Russia

Author(s)

S. A. Shpagin, Wang Yaqin

National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article is devoted to the specifics of the approach of the leading Russian parties to the assessment and design of international relations, as well as the place of the PRC in their foreign policy strategies in comparison with the countries of the West and the CIS. The empirical basis of the study was the programs and election platforms of the parties “United Russia,” the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party, “Fair Russia” for the period 2011–2021, as well as public statements by their official representatives. Most parliamentary parties in Russia express a political-realistic approach to the interpretation of international relations. To one degree or another, all these parties express anti-Western positions in public space. As relations with the West worsen, Russia's parliamentary parties are increasingly favorable in their assessment of cooperation with China. At the same time, ideology and position in the party system have a significant impact on the nature of their foreign policy strategies.
About the Authors

Shpagin Sergei Alexandrovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science National Research Tomsk State University 36, Lenin ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation e-mail: shpagin1972@mail.ru

Wang Yaqin Postgraduate, Department of Political Science National Research Tomsk State University 36, Lenin ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation e-mail: wangyaqing4307@163.com  

For citation
Shpagin S.A., Wang Yaqin. China in the Program Documents of the Parliamentary Parties of Russia. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2026, vol. 55, pp. 69-82. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2026.55.69 (in Russian)
Keywords
foreign policy, parties, programs, Russia, China, multipolarity.
UDC
327:329(470+571)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2026.55.69
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