... enthusiasm at the upper echelons of political power in Moscow. I will reiterate: many of these emissaries are decent people who are truly worried about the problems in their countries and who are no less sincere in their desire to develop cooperation between Russia and the European Union. Moreover, their determination to go against the political grain in Brussels and subject themselves to fierce and often completely unfounded attacks and even open persecution at home cannot but instil respect and sympathy.
But to take their ...
What might be a “second option” for Russia in Syria?
The situation around Russia in Syria is up for debate. No doubt, Russia would like to lead a reconstruction effort in Syria, in harmony with all relevant partners, including the UN, the EU, the USA, China, India, Turkey, Iran, Israel,...
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The role of the West and third countries in dynamics of bilateral relations
Russia and Turkey perceive bilateral cooperation over gas supplies and Akkuyu nuclear plant as almost an ideal platform to improve their negotiating positions vis-à-vis the European Union. For Turkey, better terms for gas deliveries from Russia and Russian assistance in building of the nuclear facilities have direct implications for the long-term economic development plans, as Turkish government is expecting a rise in energy demands. On the other hand, Russia gets stable
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... discussed during the meeting: the current activities of the Council of Europe, as well as political, institutional, and financial problems and challenges the organization is facing. Special attention was paid to the relations of the Council of Europe and Russia, including their parliamentary dimension. Russian side was represented by Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ivan Volodin, Minister Counsellor at the Russian embassy in the UK.
... rules of coexistence and conduct. In other words, the generation of fifty- and sixty-year-olds on both sides of the long-gone Iron Curtain is sharing a common historical experience but interpreting it differently.
Twenty- and thirty-year-olds in the European Union and Russia set out from the same platform but moved along diverging tracks. A new generation has grown up in the West which knows that the period of 1989-1991 liberated many peoples from tyranny and eliminated the threat of nuclear war, while their peers ...
One of the distinctive features of the modern Western political narrative with regard to NATO is an almost total misunderstanding of how the alliance is perceived in Russia. First and foremost, the Western political establishment seems blithely unaware of the fact that the issue of NATO is the main stumbling block in Russian-Western relations, and that any detente is impossible while that obstacle remains unresolved....
... short-term price increase. The speaker noted that the difficulties of the negotiation process with Brussels resulted from the reluctance of Brussels to weaken the internal market of the European Union.
Sergey Kulik analyzed the influence of Brexit on Russia's relations with both the UK and the European Union. Noting the importance of the European vector in Russian foreign policy and the development of an active position on Brexit, the expert examined in detail the main EU priorities in the event of a UK withdrawal. Kulik pointed out the need ...
... the prospects for economic cooperation between Russia and the EU, the transition to digitalization, the concept of "connectivity"
On February 28 – March 1, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council together with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation held a seminar “Transition to Digitalization and Connectivity: Prospects for Economic Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the Conditions of Sanctions”.
The seminar discussed the prospects for economic cooperation between Russia ...
... Treaty”.
The lecture participants included experts from Berlin think tanks, government officials, diplomats, civil society representatives, and journalists.
Andrey Kortunov dwelled on the likely consequences of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty on Russia-the US relations, European and global security, as well as on possible new bilateral and multilateral nuclear arms control models.
... (SWP); Sergey Utkin, Head of Strategic Assessment Section, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences; Oksana Antonenko, Director at the Global Political Risk team at the UK-based Control Risk consultancy; ... ..., CEPS. The discussion was attended by experts from EU think tanks, representatives of official structures of the EU and the European Union countries.
