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Ekaterina Koldunova

Ph.D. (Political Science), Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

Ilya Topchiy

Independent Expert

Georgi Asatrian

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Vadim Smirnov

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Evgeny Rogovsky

PhD, Economics. Center for Military and Industrial Policy Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Valentin Parmon

Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Anna Tsibulina

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

Mekhri Aliev

Director of the Sino-Russian Research Centre for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Clarita Carlos

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

David Iakobachvili

President of the Russian-American Council of Business Cooperation

Sergey Lebedev

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Vassily Lata

Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Elena Kharitonova

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

Yevgeny Nikitenko

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Lyudmila Fokina

RAS Institute of Economics

Javier Rupérez

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Andrey Bystritskiy

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Ivan Lapshin

PhD in Philosophy, Expert in Latin languages

Alexander Panov

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Timur Makhmutov

PhD in Political Science

Kamran Gasanov

Ph.D, Senior lecturer at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Alexander Yermakov

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Evgenia Mikhaylova

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Sam Tranum

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

Steven Jermy RN

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Vyacheslav Sukhnev

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

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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