Final Round of the Journalism Competition

Finalists of the II all-Russian competition for young RIAC journalists specializing in international relations have been selected. The winners of the contest will be announced after the jury session during the grand award ceremony for prizewinners and finalists, which will take place in early 2014. Details about the date, time and venue will be published on the RIAC web site.

Finalists of the II all-Russian competition for young RIAC journalists specializing in international relations have been selected.

After due expert examination it has been decided that the finalists of the contest are:

The best analytical article on international relations *

1. Avatkov Vladimir – «Turkey and the countries of the region»

2. Grabar Yakov – «The Scandinavian fairytale: high taxes do not stand in the way of a good life»

3. Gushchin Arthur – «Somewhere in the Chinarctic»

4. Dhruti Shah – «Culture Wars: Why Attack Heritage?»

5. Koshkin Pavel – «Why NATO remembers the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan»

6. Mirzayan Gevorg – «The revolution went berserk»

7. Nosovich Alexander – «Splitting of the Baltic states»

8. Ryabichenko Arkady – «Stockholm in flames…» 

9. Sveshnikova Julia – «Iranian atom: will it lead to a war?»

10. Styopkin Egor – «Israel’s reaction on the political developments in Syria»

11. Tulupov Dmitry – «To the Arctic via the Kuril islands»

12. Tsaturian Sarkis – «The great Arab coup»

The best report on international relations *

1. Denisova Daria – «With the Japanese zeal into the Russian orthodoxy»

2. Kiseleva Maria – «The Hungarians have handed out the prizes and got shoked»

3. Petrov Rodion – «German elections through Russian glasses»

4. Popova Anastasia – «The war in Syria, the rebels have become more compliant»

5. Potekhina Margarita – «Photo Youth. The art of boundary crossing»

6. Tyurkin Mikhail – «Good-bye, aloof Misha!»; «The Georgian dream? The Georgian reality»

7. Khazov Sergey – «Turkey: unorganized protest»

8. Khachatryan Diana – «Sahara Libre»

9. Khodinova Olga – «Despite the beating and the tortures of the damned: Arabian women are fighting for the right to drive» 

10. Chinkova Elena – «Georgian “thaw”: Russian icons and the “Night wolves”» 

The best interview on international relations *

1. Balobaev Vladimir – «Russian Ambassador to Latvia: “The time of lost opportunities should pass»

2. Bogatyrev Mikhail – «Vladimir Martus: dreams are best when they come true»

3. Bogdanova Olga – «So that's what we agreed upon…»

4. Ermakova Ekaterina – «The minister of defense of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Thanks to all we received from Russia we managed to defeat the Moroccan army»

5. Ilyin Aleksei – «Gleb Toropchin on nuclear non-proliferation  in world politics»

6. Kurnakova Nadezhda – «Soviet logic»

7. Leontieva Nina – «Russia-Iran: a dialogue with no sanctions» 

8. Sapozhnikov Grigory - «Edward Snowden has the right to take a plane in any direction, the sooner the better – Sergey Lavrov»

9. Stupin Roman – «Education Modernization: Georgian Experience»

10. Chernenko Elena – «“Our partners flipped and flopped”. Head of the Russian MFA Sergey Lavrov about the resolution on Syria and relations with the USA» 

The winners of the contest will be announced after the jury session during the grand award ceremony for prizewinners and finalists, which will take place in early 2014. Details about the date, time and venue will be published on the RIAC web site.

We congratulate the finalists of the contest and wish them good luck!

* in alphabetic order (according to the Cyrillic alphabet)