在国际学术界和国际政治领域，俄罗斯问题是一个很复杂的概念。之所以如此，远不只是俄国本身的文明结构之复杂性所致，更有西方的独特表述之原因。影响西方对俄罗斯问题表述的，是因为西方自身的欧洲中心论、欧美所建构的“西方”概念及其在国际和俄国所产生的反应、对俄罗斯问题进行斯拉夫-俄国-苏联学研究等，这些原因从不同方面促成了西方对俄罗斯问题的认知和判断远不同于俄国，既时有谬误，又始终有着主体意识、独特发现。

In the international political academia and international political activities, the issue of Russia is a very complicated concept, which results not only from the complexity of Russian civilization, but also from the Western unique comprehension and expression of Russian issues. It is Europeancentrism, the Western Concept, Slavic Studies and Sovietology that combine to influence the Western reading about Russia and ultimately cause a different perception of the issue of Russia from Russia itself.