ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the legacy of the Soviet approaches in various research centers that appeared in Russia during the first two decades of the 21st century. The authors point out that the agenda of contemporary Russian academic studies, similarly to the cases known back in the Soviet days, is not only the responsibility of scholars, but it is part of critical political scenarios involving decision-makers inside Russia’s corridors of power. From this perspective, the authors explained why and how Latin American studies in Russia have changed in the post-Soviet period and to what extent these changes were due to the new requirements put forward by the governmental institutions and people who take decisions over Russian policy in the Western Hemisphere.
