Individual Members

Andrei Kelin

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Veniamin Popov

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Vladimir Nazarov

Deputy Security Council Secretary of the Russian Federation (2006–2016), Adviser to the Chairman of the NOVATEK Management Board, RIAC Member

Mikhail Fedotov

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Timofey Bordachev

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Margarita Simonyan

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

Dmitri Trenin

RIAC Member

Evgeny Buzhinsky

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Valentina Tereshkova

State Duma Deputy, Deputy Chair of the Committee for International Affairs, Cosmonaut

Sergey Lavrov

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

Aleksandr Khlunov

General Director of the Russian Scientific Fund, RIAC Member

Gleb Ivashentsov

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

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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