In the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Federal Republic of Russia witnessed a setback in the overall strategic performance of the country, as it went through a stage of performance flop between the orientation towards Europe in the era of President Boris Yelsen (1991-1999), or the change of direction towards Eurasia, as the Russian Federation managed After President Vladimir Putin assumed power in 2000, from rebuilding the same state and preserving national unity and social cohesion, as well as building a phased military doctrine that made clear moves in Russian strategic thought and future directions towards regions of eternal importance in Russian strategic perception Lack of a set of motivations based on it: historical and security motives, along with the political motive: President Putin was able to achieve a presence in regions of a strategic nature in the new Russian trend in order to restore the global position, so the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula 2014 came as one of the most important strategic transfers by opening a portal The new trend towards the Mediterranean Sea through its new looks on the Black Sea and achieving a presence in the warm waters in Syria, along with regional openness to the Central Asia region.
