the incomes of Russian residents are declining for eight years in a row. Foreign policy In June 2000, Putin's decree was approved by the "Concept of the Russian Federation's foreign policy". According to this document, the main objectives of foreign policy are the following: Ensuring reliable security of the country. The impact of global processes in order to create a stable, just and democratic world order. The creation of favorable external conditions for the onward development of Russian. Formation of the Neighbourhood zone around the perimeter of the Russian borders. Search agreement and coinciding interests with foreign countries and international associations in the process of solving problems, Russia's national priorities. Protecting the rights and interests of Russian citizens and compatriots abroad. Promote a positive perception of the Russian Federation in the world. On 10 February 2007, Vladimir Putin delivered a confrontational speech in Munich where, inter alia, he accused the West of breaking the promise not to expand NATO into new countries in Eastern Europe believing that is a threat to Russia’s national security. According to John Lough, associate fellow of the Chatham House, Putin's statement was based on the myth that the West deceived Russia by reneging on its promises at the end of the Cold War not to enlarge NATO and chose to pass up the opportunity to integrate Russia into a new European security framework and instead encouraged Moscow back on to a path of confrontation with the USA and its allies. In fact, USSR neither asked for nor was given any formal guarantees that there would be no further expansion of NATO beyond the territory of a united Germany and, in addition, the USSR signed the Charter of Paris in November 1990 with the commitment to ‘fully recognize the freedom of States to choose their own security arrangements’. In opinion of Andrey Kolesnikov, senior fellow of the Carnegie Moscow Center, this speech was the “foul of the last hope”: Russian president wanted to scare the West with his frankness believing that, perhaps, “western partners” would take into account his concerns and make several steps forward to meet him. It had a reverse effect but this scenario was also calculated: either you will or you won't, Russia will be transforming from the fragment of the West into the super-sovereign island. Seeing as what happened thereafter, he decided for himself that he is free in his actions: because