Territorial enclaves of former USSR in the context of Russian national security

The article examines Russia's relations with the territories of post-Soviet, Pro-Russian oriented in its political, economic and socio-cultural areas of development. Analyzes the military capabilities of these enclave regions from the point of view of creating arcs of safety in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus with the aim of countering NATO expansion to the East. The issue of national security has consistently revealed during the study of external threats to Russia in the early 1990s, the consequences of the USSR collapse, and conceptual approaches to the formation of a new foreign policy course of Russia. Examines the military-political situation in Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and the breakaway territories of Ukraine from the position of loyalty to Russian politics. The participation of Russia in conflict resolution in the post-Soviet space is given to explain the position that the government took in terms of constitutional crisis, draws a parallel with public sentiment and support for the breakaway territories by broad segments of the population, including Russian Cossacks. The authors analyzes the concept of soft power from the point of view of impact on migration flows and ethnic diasporas, the conclusion is that the instrument has not been used and utilized to the full extent that did little possible Russia's influence on the political and humanitarian processes in the world and particular countries of post-Soviet space. The diplomatic efforts of Russia on normalization of relations in the self-proclaimed and partially recognized republics of the former USSR has shown that before the military intervention of Georgia in South Ossetia in 2008, Russia supported the international legal principle of territorial integrity of States.