1. See discussion in Alex Pravda (1994) ‘The Politics of Foreign Policy’, in Stephen White et al. Developments in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics (London: Macmillan) p. 209.
2. A Ministry for Cooperation with the CIS was created in January 1994. This ministry is not considered here, as it has focused on economic issues. Similarly, the role of Prime Minister Chernomyrdin in the economic area will not be discussed. See Neil Malcolm (1996) ‘Foreign Policy Making’, in Neil Malcolm et al., Internal Factors in Russian Foreign Policy, (RIIA/Oxford University Press) pp. 126–8.
3. Neil Malcolm argues that Russian foreign policy has been presidential from 1992 — this situation was reinforced in the 1993 constitution and Yeltsin’s decrees bringing the Border Service, Foreign Intelligence Services and Federal Security Services under his jurisdiction in early 1994; Malcolm et al. (1996), p. 109.
4. Yeltsin’s criticism of the MFA in October 1992 is a case in point.
5. See Neil Malcolm (1995) ‘Russian Foreign Policy Decision Making’, in Peter Shearman (ed.) Russian Foreign Policy Since 1990, (Bolder Col.: Westview Press), pp. 23–51.