Strategic Partnership in the Context
of RussianLatin American Relations

V. M. Davydov*

Institute of Latin America, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: ilac-ran@mtu-net.ru

Received September 9, 2015

Abstract—The general context that determines Russia’s cooperation with the countries of the Latin American
region at the current qualitative stage and the imperatives that drive the foreign economic and political interests
of the Russian Federation and its counterparts, creating in certain situations prerequisites for strategic partner-
ship, are characterized. The countries of Latin–Caribbean America provide us with an important alternative for
the diversification of foreign economic relations and political cooperation, as well as for seeking additional ref-
erence points to position Russia in the international arena. In the present-day conditions, this is an especially
valuable strategic circumstance. Sharing to an extent the concept of a polycentric world order, which widens
the range for maneuvering in the world arena in choosing development models, the countries of this region
objectively approach Russia in understanding the imperative of restructuring global regulatory mechanisms in
line with the 21st-century realities. We are equally interested in democratizing access to these mechanisms and
in the constructive interaction of global and regional institutions. Alongside the bilateral format of coordinating
positions on these issues, informative dialogue using structures like BRICS is becoming increasingly effective.

Keywords: Latin America, Russian–Latin American relations, strategic partnership, global regulation.

DOI: 10.1134/S1019331616020088

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