This article discusses the purpose and features of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. It pays particular attention to Russia's foreign policy in the Middle East. This strategy for the return of Vladimir Putin's Russia international status of a superpower. There was also made a brief analysis of the strategy to counter US influence in the Middle East and beyond.
Key words: the Russian Federation, Russia's foreign policy, the Middle East, Vladimir Putin, the United States, NATO, the status of a superpower.