Completed Projects

On June 13, 2018, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with Nikolaos Kotzias, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, having an official visit to Moscow.  

On June 6, 2018, Ca' Foscari University of Venice representatives: Silvia Burini, Director of the Centre for the Studies of Russian Arts (CSAR), and Giuseppe Barbieri,  head of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, visited Russian International Affairs Council.

The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: pending issues of Russia-Italy relations and relations between Russia and EU in the context of the presidential elections held in Russia.

On December 15, 2017, Florence hosted negotiations between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Paolo Del Bianco, President of Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, focusing on a joint Russian-Italian project. Tatyana Bogdasarova, RIAC Program Coordinator, also took part in the negotiations.

In October 2014, in Rome, RIAC and Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) organized and held the first international seminar on analyzing Russia-Europe relations. Deputy ministers of foreign affairs, experts, former officials, and business representatives from both sides took part in the seminar.