RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA: IN SEARCH FOR NEW FORMATS OF COOPERATION
Central Asia has always been and remains to take leading positions on the foreign policy agenda of Russia, and Russia today continues to play an important role in the life of states in the region as well. Relations between Russia and the Central Asian republics are rooted in history. At the present stage they need more dynamism, modernization, revision of positions and activization. This article is devoted to the search for new for-mats of cooperation between Russia and Central Asian countries in the context of mod-ern integration processes in Eurasia and the world development.