Region: Russia

The ultimate challenge for Russia will be to forge ahead with innovations and improvements in economic policies without the need to wait for the coming of yet another crash in oil prices and a drop…

An alliance is a possible option, but the last resort

The current economic and political landscape appears to offer a wide range of possible adversities of varying degree of probability

We will stay alive if we avoid nuclear war. Until now, this has been possible, first of all thanks to arms control

Russia and India are going to lose a lot if they have to take sides in this forthcoming US-China rivalry

The key drivers affecting Russia’s economic performance in the near term will be the pace of global economic recovery and the concomitant growth in oil prices

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at the Dialogue for the Future Forum, Moscow, December 25, 2020

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with the Interfax news agency, December 23, 2020

At the final event of the year dedicated to the Asia Pacific, leading Russian researchers of the field shared their assessments of the most significant trends of 2020 and tried to forecast regional…

The presentation of RIAC report on the same topic was held within the framework of the conference

Joseph Biden is rare among the presidents-elect of the past few decades in that he has failed to inspire false hopes and expectations in Moscow

On December 18, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with RANEPA Center for Sociological Research and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), held…