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On November 17 the headquarters of the EU Delegation to Russia was hosting another meeting of political advisors of the EU countries’ embassies in Moscow. Andrey Kortunov, Director General, RIAC, made a report for the meeting attendees on Russia-American relations development after Donald Trump won the ...
... Political DepartmentActing Undersecretary, Political Affairs Directorate; Martin Roger, Director of Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Issues, Policy Planning Department; Arti Hilpus, Estonia's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Russia; Veikko Kala, Minister-Counsellor, Estonian Embassy to Russia. The following issues were discussed: Russia-EU relations, opportunity for a RIAC and Embassy of Estonia co-organized seminar during Estonia’s Chairmanship in the EU. Andrey Kortunov,...
On November 9, Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, and Dmitry Danilov, RIAC expert, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe, had a meeting with David Kral, Director of the Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ...
... Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research of France. The 3-day program of the forum included 19 Lab Series, participants discussing the relationship between education and democracy. Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) was represented by Tatiana Bogdasarova, Program Manager, and Anna Kuznetsova, Educational Projects, Program Manager. Anna Kuznetsova took part in the discussion on Digital Education for Democracy. « The ...
RIAC and DGAP Report #27 / 2016 In the context of the Ukraine crisis, the EU has completely suspended the functioning of all mechanisms of dialogue with Russia. At the same time, both sides realize that the sanctions and the suspension of political dialogue cannot last forever. Sooner or later, relations between Russia and the EU will have to be normalized. However, there is little doubt that this relationship ...
... Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Let me also express our gratitude to the European Delegation to Russia and personally to Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas for his continuous support and enthusiasm for the second track dialogue between Russia and the European Union. I would also like to recognize Andrey KELIN, Director of the Department of European Cooperation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; we do appreciate the attention and support we receive from the Ministry. As ...
... complicated. In that sense, there is energy containment coming from the EU against Russia and at this challenging moment Moscow needs to develop a counter move to break the containment. Here the signing of the Turkish Stream project with Ankara is a solution. Russia gains new leverage vis-à-vis the European Union by officially incorporating the Turkish Stream into the picture. In that sense, Russia will be able to use Turkish Stream as an instrument in its negotiations with EU for its larger aims. With this development, instead of established ...
... principle of “equality” in relations with Russia meant that Moscow could get the best terms possible for collaborating with the triumphalist West. The West was more than generous in offering Ru ssia a “special arrangement” with the European Union and a se at at the NATO-Russian Council. Moscow had to play by the Western rules, because these rules were supposed to be clearly bet ter for the new, democratic Russia than any other alternative, if such an alternative ever existed in the 1990s. H owever, this was definitely ...
... participants of the discussion included four think tanks from Germany ( Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, FES ), the USA (Washington branch of the International Institute for Strategic Studies , IISS-US), Ukraine ( Institute for Global Transformation , IGT) and Russia (Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC). The discussion was a follow-up analysis of the four likely scenarios of Ukraine’s society and statehood development amidst possible changes in the regional and global geopolitical situation. ...
Ivan Timofeev, Program Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and RIAC Program Coordinator Anna Kuznetsova took part in the meeting of experts “Russia, Latvia, and Europe after the Warsaw NATO Summit” that was held in Riga on October 29, 2016 within the framework ...
| 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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