TURKEY’S SOFT POWER IN RUSSIA’S INTERNAL POLICY
The paper analyses the foreign policy of Turkey towards the FSU countries, particularly its impact on the Turkic people in the regions of Russia. The work of Turkish governmental and non-governmental organizations and their spheres of influence are explored on the basis of the theory of soft power and the data on their activity. The issue stated is viewed in terms domestic and geopolitical threats to the Russian Federation.