Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)10384ARTICLESСТАТЬИResearch ArticleThe Effects of Political Changes in the Relationship between Bangladesh and Russia (USSR) in 1971-2014The Effects of Political Changes in the Relationship between Bangladesh and Russia (USSR) in 1971-2014DrongAndrioTheory and History of International Relations Departmentadrong71@gmail.comPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia150120151East Asia: the rise of the PRC, development cooperation, partnership with the Russian FederationВосточная Азия: возвышение КНР, сотрудничество в целях развития, партнерство с РФ18519109092016Copyright ©; 2015, Drong A.Copyright ©; 2015, Drong A.2015Drong A.Drong A.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10384The article presents an overview of Bangladesh’s foreign policy. It analyzes the main directions of Bangladesh’s cooperation with its leading partners. The author studies the changing pattern of Bangladesh’s foreign policy since it gained its independence in 1971 till the present. He focuses on the changing pattern of foreign policy of Bangladesh regarding bilateral relation with Russia during different regimes under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Sheikh Mujib), General Ziaur Rahman (Zia), General H.M. Ershad (Ershad), Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina and the Caretaker Government. The author seeks to link the domestic changes in the country in 1970-2000-ies, namely the change of governments and regimes, with the adjustment of the foreign policy priorities, including relations with Russia. The article shows dependence of Bangladesh’s foreign policy priorities on interests of successive power political forces.Foreign policySoviet UnionRussian FederationIndiaBangladeshbilateral relation1.Bangladesh’s Constitution 1972. Fundamental Principles. Available at: www.minlaw.gov.bd.2.Bangladesh-Russia Relations / Daily Sun. Dhaka. 21.10.2014. Available at: www.daily-sun.com/ Editorial/Bangladesh-Russia-relation.3.Bilateral Relations // Overview of the Russian-Bangladeshi Relations. Available at: www.bangladesh.mid.ru.4.Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh/Eighth Amendment. Dhaka, 1988.5.Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bangladesh. - Bilateral Relations / Russian Digest. Vol. 8, January 2012. Available at: www.bangladesh.mid.ru.6.Garver John W. Protracted Contest: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century. Washington, 2001.7.History Speaks: History of Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy. Available at: www.fairbd.net.8.Khan M. Morshed. Foreign Policy Dimension: Issues Options and Directions. Bangladesh in the New Millennium / Abul Kalam (ed). Dhaka, 2004.9.Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka. Available at: www.mofa.gov.bd.10.Our Foreign Relations over Last Four Decades by Harun ur Rashid, Barrister and former Bangladesh Ambassador to the UN, Geneva. Available at: http://www.thedailystar.net/ suppliments/2011/anniversary/part5/pg.htm.11.Zaglul Haider. The Changing Pattern of Bangladesh Foreign Policy. Dhaka, 2006.12.www. infoplease. com/country/profiles/Bangladesh.13.Galishcheva N.V. The Economy of the South Asian Countries. Moscow, MGIMO University Publication, 2009. (in Russian)