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”It’s cold in Europe. In Italy it’s dark…” Osip Mandelshtam From the dim and distant days of the early Republic up to the era of the late Empire, the bright red standards of the Roman legions always bore four big letters embroidered in gold — SPQR. Historians ...
... has traditionally pursued with regards to the Kremlin. On the one hand, Rome keeps condemning the violation of international law in Crimea as well as Moscow’s use of force in Syria asking a peaceful solution under UN auspices. On the other hand, Italy is aware that the only way to reach a sustainable peace in the Middle East (as well as other scenarios) is to keep Moscow engaged rather than further isolate it. For this reason, Renzi is not sure that new sanctions would make a peace settlement ...
On July 10-11, 2016, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev was in Venice at high-level international conference "Along the Silk Roads" sponsored by the Foundation for World Wide Cooperation . The discussants focused on the "One Belt One Road" initiative and its importance for future Eurasian infrastructure, as well as for the geopolitical and geo-economic environment. The speakers' list included Foundation's President Romano Prodi, Italian ex-premier Enrico Letta, Foreign Minister...
... Crimea to Ukraine, an option that currently seems extremely far from reality. If the EU’s position towards Moscow remains, for the moment adamant, inside the Union there are countries which do not approve this attitude of unconditional adversity. Italy is, in this regard, at the forefront of what is becoming a real battle: soften and, if possible, abolish the regime of sanctions against Russia to restore a dialogue for too long unproductive. The numerous sharp words used by Matteo Renzi against ...
... between Russia and NATO; resolving regional conflicts, including the situation in Libya and Syria; the problems of the Mediterranean region. The moderator was RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov. The Russian participants of the meeting included Vitaly Zhurkin, Director Emeritus of the RAS Institute of Europe and RIAC member; Tatiana Zonova, Professor of Diplomacy Department at MGIMO-University; Vasily Kuznetsov, Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the RAS Institute of Oriental ...
On March 6, 2016 RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev took part in roundtable “The West against Russia,” held during the festival in Genoa of Limes, an Italian monthly geopolitical magazine . Its Editor-in-Chief Lucio Caracciolo moderated the discussion, in which John Hulsman, Council on Foreign Relations member, participated among others. Every year the Limes Festival brings together up to 5 thousand politicians, experts and journalists. In 2016, the declared subject of the event was...
... the italian business association operating in the Russian Federation During this period of economic crisis and international tensions, Russia is struggling to find a way to emerge from recession and looming isolation. Yet, business relations with Italy, though with some setbacks in bilateral exchanges, are still promising. In this context, Russia could achieve greater benefits from these relations and strengthen external ties with one of its European partners. Ernesto Ferlenghi , President of ...
On June 29 – July 10, 2015, the Department of Culture, Politics and Society of the University of Turin jointly with the Turin World Affairs Institute held a summer school on foreign and domestic policies of China for about 50 undergraduates and postgraduates from top European and Asian universities, who were taught by international experts, diplomats, businessmen and civil society leaders. Representing Russia, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov delivered a series of lectures on Russian-Chinese...
On July 6, 2015, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov accompanied with Program Coordinator Tatiana Bagdasarova held talks with Sergio Bortalani, Pro-Rector of Universita degli studi di Torino, on cooperation in the education area. The first stage of engagement implies participation of the University of Turin in Russian-Italian Project "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching". The parties agreed on incorporating the university's curriculums and courses on globalization...
... this policy on the economy of the EU in the eyes of the public opinion, the price being paid to pursue this power politics agenda is none else but a hefty one. In this article I will focus on the actual catastrophic consequences of the sanctions on Italy, the reason of this choice resides in the status of this country as one of the former leading economic partner of Russia in Europe, second only to Germany. Since the enforcing of the sanctions in the first quarter of 2014 the trade of goods between ...
| 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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