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On May 8, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov gave a lecture "Next Political Cycle in Russia: Problems of Socioeconomic Transformation and Their Influence on Foreign Policy" at Stockholm…

On June 7, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov held a briefing at Sweden's Ministry of Foreign Affairs devoted to security issues in Baltic region and in the Northern Europe.

On June 6, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a meeting
dedicated to the future of France after the presidential elections. The
meeting was attended by Alain Deletroz, Geneva Centre…

On June 6, RIAC held an expert meeting “Getting Armed Non-State Actors to respect Humanitarian Law: the practice of the Geneva Call”

The discussion was focused on potential risks connected with Russia being accused of involvement in Germany's political process as well as possible shifts in Russia-Germany relations should the…

Video footage and written transcripts of the opening ceremony as well as the plenary discussios are available of the Conferences official website

The parties discussed dynamics of macro-financial and macroeconomic situation in Russia, prospects for Russia's economic ties with the EU and the U.S. as well as international crises settlement…

The meeting covered avoiding a new arms race between Russia and the West
as well as problems of conventional arms control and confidence-building
in Europe

RIAC guests were informed about the results of the Council's and its Italian partners joint projects as well RIAC's further plans regarding Italian direction

The meeting covered the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Republic of Korea, security issues in Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia on the whole.

On May 21¬–23, Saint Petersburg hosted the 165th Bergedorf Round Table organized by the renown German Körber Foundation and Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).