title: THE TRANSFORMATION OF SENEGAL’S FOREIGN POLICY: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUSSIA?
abstract: Introduction. Senegal’s active role on the African political scene and its participation in interstate associations point to the country’s use of foreign policy tools to assert its sovereign policy, which was questioned even after the region’s decolonization. Methods and materials. The author compares the rhetoric of key political actors in Senegal and the tone of publications in the African and European press to assess the opportunities opening up in the transformation of the country’s foreign 
journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija