... Rakovec, Slovenian Ambassador to Russia, and Katarina Gradic Rezan, Embassy Counsellor, visited Russian International Affairs Council
On May 21, 2021, Branko Rakovec, Slovenian Ambassador to Russia, and Katarina Gradic Rezan, Embassy Counsellor, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
Slovenian diplomats discussed the possibilities for cooperation between RIAC and the embassy in the context of the upcoming Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2021. During the discussion, topical issues of international politics in the Western Balkans were also addressed.
... meeting with Antti Helantera, Finnish Ambassador to Russia.
On May 14, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Antti Helantera, Finnish Ambassador to Russia.
The conversation focused on the current state of relations between Russia and the European Union, security challenges in the Euro-Atlantic space, as well as the prospects for bilateral Russia-Finland cooperation. In addition, the priorities of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the pertinent tasks of the institutional ...
... European Parliament are unlikely to find a response in the European Commission and the EU Council. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, has already noted that decisions on restrictions on SWIFT and Nord Stream 2 are not within the competence of the European Union. It is obvious that disconnecting Russia from SWIFT will lead to colossal losses for both Russian business and EU companies doing business with Russia. The refusal to purchase Russian energy resources will also lead to significant costs. The Nord Stream 2 project remains in the interests ...
... International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with CREON Group held a seminar on the topic "Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere".
The discussion focused on the challenges and prospects of relations between Russia and the European Union in the field of ecology and how the European Border Carbon Mechanism (CBAM) might affect the European and Russian economies.
The seminar participants included diplomats, experts and researchers from academic institutions, as well as business ...
Divergent opinions are no crucial obstacle to environmental cooperation between the parties. Russia can benefit from the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal approved by the EU in 2019 is an economic development strategy for decoupling and for carbon neutrality by 2050 [
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The UC Interview Series: Andrey Kortunov
In the interview for the The University Consortium
Andrey Kortunov
, Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), shares his analysis of Russia´s relations with its neighbours, EU and China.
Interviewer:
Marc Friedli
is currently a Project Assistant at the European Leadership Network, where he is mainly working on the ...
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The question of humanitarian access into Idlib is now emerging as a central focus of new international politicking. In so doing, this small province could be pivotal to the future of the larger stalemate that has left the United States, Europe, and Russia locked in an unwinnable status quo.
Russia has said that it plans to veto an extension of cross-border UN aid delivered from Turkey, authorised under UN Security Council resolution 2533, which is up for renewal in July, potentially depriving the ...
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On April 16, 2021, at 12:00 (MSK), Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and CREON Group company will hold a seminar on the topic “Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere”.
Cooperation between Russia and the European Union in ecology and sustainable development field is one of the promising areas of bilateral relations. For Russia and Russian companies, this opens up prospects in the EU energy market and access to technologies for waste processing and production ...
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That candidates submit a preliminary transformation program, sort of a list of “services” on offer, should be a prerequisite. For example, if Russia were to nominate its candidate, the program could include making the Russian Railways part of reconstructing infrastructure in B&H on preferential economic terms, including works in the Muslim-Croatian entity. Compliance with budgetary discipline could be guaranteed by the relevant authorities of the European Union and Turkey.
Competitiveness is a prerequisite for curbing the “wage race” as well as for maintaining the proper level of motivation and responsibility among the officials of the newly reformed OHR who are to be assigned to Bosnia.
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... Russia-EU relations. This factor fitted snugly into Brussels’ system of values that defines Europe’s principal approaches to its largest partner in the post-Soviet space. The nadir in the political dialogue was reached in October 2020, with the European Union adopting anti-Russian chemical cyber sanctions; November–December saw a period of somewhat smoothing out the particularly sharp angles. Yet, this was followed by Alexey Navalny’s return to Moscow from Berlin in January 2021, his subsequent arrest and several court ...
