The interest of the Czech foreign policy in strengthening the cooperation with the Russian Federation

This Bachelor Thesis focuses on the Czech foreign policy and cooperation with the Russian Federation in the political and economic field during the period from 1993 to 2011. The Thesis is divided into three chapters which constitute individual stages in the Czech-Russian relations. The first chapter, commencing with the establishment of the Czech Republic 1st January 1993 and ending in the year 2000, looks into the development of political and economic cooperation in this period, characterized by the deterioration of the Czech-Russian relations. The second chapter focuses on the development of the Czech foreign policy and the Czech-Russian cooperation in the period from 2000 to 2006, which is characteristic by improvement of the Czech-Russian relations. The third chapter concerns the development of the Czech-Russian cooperation in the years 2007--2011, characterized by repeated deterioration of the mutual relations.