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The pressure on Qatar is not lessening, and the concessions demanded from it are found to be extremely demeaning Middle East, espicially its Arab part, does not cease to surprise the rest of the world that would hardly be shocked after the turbulent Arab spring and ...
... Network, spoke at the event. The event was attended by 120 experts, journalists, NGO, embassies and international organizations' representatives. Before the Rountable Andrey Kortunov held a closed briefing on Russia's policy in the Syrian crisis for Qatar's diplomatic circles.
On February 26, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held consultations with the authorities of Harmoon Centre for Contemporary Studies in Doha (Qatar). Harmoon is an independent think-tank conducting research on Arab region. The parties discussed possible tracks of cooperation between RIAC and Harmoon including holding an international expert conference on prospects of Syrian crisis settlement ...
Russia-Qatar bilateral relations have always been far from perfect. Ever since the Chechen wars, Russian politicians and policy pundits have perceived the gulf monarchy as an adversary. Economic ties between the two nations have remained stagnant with an almost ...
... 2016 is that Russia has managed to expand significantly the circle of its partners in the Middle East. We can note the high level of cooperation of Russia with Egypt, Israel, new partners in the Gulf, such as Bahrain, some progress in relations with Qatar, cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the energy sector, particularly in oil production, and, of course, the normalization of relations with Turkey, including the beginning of cooperation between Moscow and Ankara on the Syrian crisis, which is completely ...
... western media focuses on China as a major polluter, no city in China is on the "Top 20." India has the distinction of having 13 cities among the "Top 20" Most Polluted Cities" list developed by the WHO. .Pakistan has 3, Turkey, Qatar, Bangladesh and Iran each have one on the list. Ironically, western business media has been buzzing up India as the "rockstar" of the Asian economy. heaping praise on prime minister Narendra Modi for policies that now have the nation ...
... another since the start of the protests in Syria. Each GCC State has played a different role with different levels of direct and indirect interaction. The two states which have invested the highest political and economic capital have been Saudi Arabia and Qatar [12] ; providing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and helping fund the various moderate rebel forces in their fight against the Syrian government. The other four GCC states have so far played more of a mediating and charitable role in helping ...
On October 27-28, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov was in Doha, Qatar, to represent Russia at the 4th Doha International Strategic Policies Forum (DISP 2015) held annually by the Strategic Studies Center of Qatar Armed Forces. The event was focused on the balance of regional and global factors that determine the ...
... and Lebanese Hezbollah’s well-trained militia forces (both Shiite as well) already aiding and fighting for Assad in Syria. As the situation kept deteriorating, at some points in 2012 the CIA began helping U.S. allies Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar vet and identify rebels moderate enough to recommend them for military support and Obama secretly authorized both covert non-lethal support from the U.S. for some Syrian rebels and a program to militarily train some of them, too, though these efforts ...
The FIFA scandal demonstrates the determination of certain Western countries to exert pressure on the organization, with the end goal being the cancellation of Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cups, or at the very least to seriously complicate the matter. The corruption scandal has been brewing in FIFA for a long time now. The organizers of football’s most prestigious events are accused of taking backhanders every time the ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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