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Alexander Vershinin

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

Viktor Sergeev

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

Christina Turyinskaya

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Alexandra Sergeyeva

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies, RIAC expert

Alexei Salikov

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Nikita Panin

Expert for the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Venkatesh Varma

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Denis Mirgorod

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Sergei Lavrenov

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Margarita Simonyan

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Fyodor Lukyanov

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

Yuri Belobrov

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Eugenia Obichkina

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

Alexei Fadeyev

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin

Fyodor Voytolovsky

Director of IMEMO RAS, RIAC member

Igor Ivanov

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Vladimir Chizhov

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

Sergey Lunev

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Dmitry Peskov

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President

Andrey Devyatkov

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; RIAC expert

Alexander Pilyasov

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

Julia Bobrova

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Lari Basangov

RIAC Expert

Svetoslav Stoyanov

Expert on Development Assistace

Marc Hecker

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Wolfgang Ischinger

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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