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On June 16, 2021, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an online discussion on the situation in Libya ten years after the outbreak of the civil war in that country
ShortOn June 15, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Korea Foundation (KF) held the third round table “Russia — Republic of Korea: traditional spheres of engagement and promising new areas” as part of the 2021 Next Generation Policy Experts Network joint project aiming to facilitate collaboration between the Russian and Korean academic circles
ShortOn June 10, 2021, Said T. Jawad, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Russia, and Navid Fayz, Trade and Economic Counselor at the Afghan Embassy in Moscow, visited RIAC
ShortOn June 11, 2021, Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs, Russian International Affairs Council, spoke at the webinar “Prospect for Progress on North Korea and Northeast Asian Security” held by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP).
ShortOn June 9, 2021, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Estonian University of Tartu held an international workshop on threat perceptions as a factor influencing the state and dynamics of relations between Russia and the West
ShortOn June 7, 2021, Aleksey Arbatov, Head of the Center for International Security at RAS IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Bart Gorman, Deputy Head of the U.S. Mission to Russia.
ShortOnline plenary sessions ““Priority Areas of Russia-China Interaction in the (Post-) Pandemic World: Trade, New Technologies, and Finance” and “Cooperation between Think Tanks: New Driver of Cooperation between Russia and China” took place
ShortOn June 2, 2021, the Bavarian Hanns Seidel Foundation held an international conference on strategic stability in the 21st century, dedicated to the problems of arms control and a qualitative arms race just before the summit meeting of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva
ShortThe workshop was attended by experts from think tanks and universities from Spain and other EU countries, representatives of Spanish departments
ShortOn June 1, 2021, the Sixth International Conference “Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era” convened, being held remotely amid the pandemic
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On May 31, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), in partnership with the Embassy of Portugal and the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, held the
Tenth Meeting in the “EU-Russia” Series by RIAC and the of the Chair Countries of the Council of the European Union
On May 28, 2021, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Venkatesh Varma, Indian Ambassador to Russia
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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%)