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Item RUSSIA’S POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ DURING THE YEARS OF THE SANCTIONS, AND THE RUSSIAN POSITION ON THE US WAR ON IRAQ IN 2003(2021-11-10) ASTEY, Milad Saeed Hasan; GÜLSEVEN, AslıThis thesis explores and analyses Russia's policy towards Iraq during the sanctions period that was imposed on Iraq during the 1990s, and the Russian position on the U.S. war on Iraq in 2003, which was an extension of Russia's policy towards Iraq during the 1990s. By relying on qualitative and analytical methods, the thesis explores the impact of the shift in Russian policy from ideology to a more pragmatic policy on its relations with countries in general and Iraq in particular. This transformation took place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the Russian Federation with an exhausted economy that led it to pursue a policy based on self-interests in order to advance its economy. In the background, there had always been the constant rivalry with the U.S. government to attain more supremacy and power at the political and economic levels. Iraq, one of the most powerful and rich countries in the Middle East, represented an important factor in the equation as it had influenced and was influenced by the bilateral relation of USSR/Russia and USA.