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On December 19, 2014, RIAC held international seminar "Proposals on Development of Russian-Greek Partnership" cosponsored by the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), Athens. Focused on a policy brief authored by experts of the two think tanks, the event was devoted to measures on strengthening bilateral ties in political, economic and humanitarian areas.

On December 19, 2014, RIAC held international seminar "Proposals on Development of Russian-Greek Partnership" cosponsored by the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS), Athens. Focused on a policy brief authored by experts of the two think tanks, the event was devoted to measures on strengthening bilateral ties in political, economic and humanitarian areas.  

The debate was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, RIEAS Director John Nomikos and Ambassador Vladimir Chkhikvishvili, Russia's top diplomat in Greece in 2008-2014.

Session one covered Russia-Greece political and security cooperation, with reports made by Dr. Nomikos and Vladimir Olenchenko, Senior Research Fellow of the EU Studies Department at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), and discussed by First Counselor of Greece's Embassy to Moscow Dimitrios Michalopulos, who talked on Greek domestic affairs, Deputy Director of the 4th European Department at Russian MFA Alexander Shcherbakov, Junior Research Fellow at RAS Institute for Slavonic Studies Georgy Engelhard, et al.    

Session two provided a detailed account of bilateral economic and humanitarian relations coming from RIEAS Development Manager George Vardangalos, Head IMEMO EU Studies Department Yuri Kvashnin, and Theodor Yannitsis, Director of Greek Cultural Center in Moscow. Dr. Kvashnin underlined that economic relations between Moscow and Athens are currently shaped by three crises, i.e. the protracted financial turmoil in Greece, the Russia-EU predicament, and economic mess in Russia. Nevertheless, the two countries do possess potential for economic partnership, primarily in energy sector and tourism. 

RIAC plans to have the seminar conclusions formalized in a future Working Paper.

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International seminar "Proposals on Development of Russian-Greek Partnership"

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