ABSTRACT
Despite the fundamental shifts in Soviet domestic and foreign policy, and the breakthrough in relations with the Federal Republic, the position of the USSR on the German question remained unchanged up to the beginning of 1990. The Two-plus-Four treaty and the series of bilateral accords signed between the ex-Soviet Union and the old Federal Republic offer all the guarantees and spell out all the obligations mandated by the current situation in Europe. Deep arms cuts in Europe constitute an additional condition for progress in the pan-European direction. In 1990, cardinal changes took place in the giant complex of Soviet-German relations. In general, and even more so than in the case of the former Soviet Union, Russia attaches great importance to the deepening and intensification of its relations with Germany in all conceivable fields - economic, political, cultural and scientific.
