News (Announcements, Reports)
On June 22, 2021, the Lithuanian Embassy in Russia held an online discussion on Russia’s foreign policy: a year after amendments to the Constitution
ShortOn June 21, 2021, the 16th meeting of EU-Russia Network (EUREN) on deepening interaction in the period of new challenges was held online
ShortOn June 17, 2021, the Embassy of Finland held a discussion on RIAC and MGIMO report "The Arctic Council: Status and Activities", as well as a discussion on international cooperation in the Arctic
ShortOn June 15–17, 2021, Bratislava hosted GLOBSEC 2021, an annual international forum on security issues
ShortOn 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, the Carnegie Endowment in Washington D.C. hosted an online international expert roundtable on the situation in the South Caucasus region and the role of external players in this region
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
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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%)