The winners and laureates of the Contest were awarded by the members of the jury, namely RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Editor-in-Chief of the International Affairs journal Armen Oganesyan, Chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists Vsevolod Bogdanov, Director of Information and Media Department at Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine Fyodor Lukyanov, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today International News Agency Dmitry Gornostaev, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists Roman Serebryany.
The winners and laureates of the Contest were awarded by the members of the jury, namely RIAC President Igor Ivanov, Editor-in-Chief of the International Affairs journal Armen Oganesyan, Chairman of the Russian Union of Journalists Vsevolod Bogdanov, Director of Information and Media Department at Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine Fyodor Lukyanov, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today International News Agency Dmitry Gornostaev, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists Roman Serebryany.
Experts of the jury Dmitry Kosyrev, Political Contributor of Russia Today International News Agency, Alexei Pankin, Political Contributor of the Komsomolskaya Pravda paper, and Alexander Frolov, Leading Research Fellow at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, shared their opinions on the results of the Contest.
The Contest organizers: the Russian International Affairs Council, the Russian Union of Journalists, the International Affairs journal, Interfax Information Service Group and Russia in Global Affairs magazine.
The winners and laureates
Best analytical article on foreign issues*
First Prize – Dudina Galina — War to the Bitter Witticism
- Bashkatova Anastasia — China Plants a Bomb under the Global Economy
- Berenkova Natalia — Hezbollah’s Syrian War
- Borisov Dmitry — Chinese Solutions to African Problems
- Galstyan Areg — Tail Wagging the Dog Dialectics: National Interests and Lobbying in the United States
- Pritchin Stanislav— Ops Con for the Whole of Eurasia
- Saetov Ilshat — Imagine That You Are Almost a Caliph
- Sochevanov Sergei — Can the Defense Control Center Look under the Water?
- Tebin Prokhor — Mistral: the Price of Recession from the Contract
- Tokarev Alexei — Signs of Separability
Best interview on foreign issues*
First Prize – Leontieva Nina — China in the World or the World in China?
Special Prize – Vishniakova Veronica — Syrian Ambassador: Russia Steps Up Its Military Support for Damascus
- Abukina Evgenia — Lost in Translation
- Asatryan Georgy — “If Moscow wants to defeat ISIL in northern Syria, it needs the Kurds”
- Kalmykova Tatiana — Foreign Ministry: Russia Has No Plans to Establish a Military Base in Cuba
- Kiseleva Maria — The Ambassador: We are Ready to Continue Cooperation with the Russian Federation to Investigate the MH17 Crash
- Kniazeva Maria — Vladimir Chizhov: the Situation with the EU Sanctions Is Unlikely to Change This Year
- Morozova Daria — Luxembourg Prime Minister: Isolation of the Russian Federation is the Worst Option Imaginable
- Okrest Dmitry — “They thought we were zombies and dogs of war just as the orcs in the Lord of the Rings”
- Pil’shchikov Ivan — Mayakovsky’s Daughter Living in the United States Wants to Remember Russian language and Receive Russian Citizenship
- Fedyakina Anna — It’s Hard to Be Honest in Ukraine
Best report on foreign issues*
First Prize – Fomina Ekaterina — How I Became an Illegal Emigrant, and How I Stopped Being One
First Prize – Dvornikova Tatiana — The Language Barrier
- Alaeddin Mohammad — Christians’ Torments in the Grip of ISIL
- Ivanova Viktoria — Migrants in Calais: Hot Point at the Cold Strait
- Kondrashova Anastasia — Failure of Operation Flight
- Naumov Aleksey — Outlines of the Turbulent Future
- Sokolov Nikolai — Ebola: Russian help. Nikolai Sokolov’s Special Report
- Titova Anna — Don’t Cry for Russians, Argentina
- Chernova Anna — Derby with an Arabic Accent
- Shelomentseva Elena — Multiculturalism in Azerbaijan as a Lifestyle
Novice foreign affaires journalist*
First Prize – Voronov Vsevolod — Enemy of the People: the Difference between Terrorists a Hundred Years Ago and Nowadays
- Alekseeva Anastasia — New Opportunities Opening for Iran
- Baykova Tatiana — Creation of Russian-Chinese Tandem Is Obama’s Biggest Foreign Policy Reverse
- Vovk Anastasia — Window to Europe: How Not to Fall Out of It
- Getmanova Anna – Eight Days That Shook Rostov
- Krutikova Anastasia — Kazakhstan: the Feast Day of the Great Steppe
- Melkonyan Sergey — From the Islamic State to a Genuine One
- Nepogodin Alexander — Kozhedub versus Bandera
- Oleneva Christina — Italian-style Regionalization
- Pravdyuk Daria — Bolivia, Chile, and the Sea: the History of One Conflict
* The names of all finalists are listed in Cyrillic alphabetical order
Award Ceremony of 2015 Contest of Young Foreign Affairs Journalists
