FROZEN CONFLICTS OF THE POST-SOVIET SPACE: DEADLOCKS OF INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

The article is devoted to the analysis of reasons hampering final settlement of the four "frozen" ethnic conflicts on the post-soviet space - the conflicts in Abkhazia, Karabakh, Transdniestria and South Ossetia. Having studied the course of the peacekeeping process, A.Bolshakov came to a conclusion that the settlement of "frozen conflicts" is impeded not only by contradictions between their immediate participants, but also by a tough geopolitical struggle. According to his conclusion, the "frozen conflicts" of the post-soviet space will in the nearest future remain "frozen", for in a situation where the interest of geopolitical players competing on the post-soviet space objectively diverge, destabilization of the whole system of international relations could be the only alternative.