... international sanctions that prevent countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and others from adequately combating the spread of COVID-19, creating further risks of contagion for the entire planet.” The letter would, therefore, refer to the UN General Assembly ... ... countries, by China, Iran, and Venezuela, to suspend the sanctions due to the current health emergency.
Elena Alekseenkova:
After Coronavirus: “Nuda Vita” and the “Extraordinary Power” of the Modern State
Although there was some controversy following ...
... call to the United States and other affected countries to withhold payments on loans from China, in payment of damage caused by COVID-19. Such a proposal is especially interesting, as it comes from the legislators of a state where
China is a major creditor
... ... Gold Medal,
the highest civilian award in the United States
. On May 4, a voluminous bill, the
Law on Justice for Victims of Coronavirus, appeared in the Senate
.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Battle of “Coronavirus Narratives”: Three Lines of Defence Against ...
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the RBC media holding on current international issues, Moscow, May 15, 2020
Question:
The coronavirus pandemic has already closed many countries. Do you think the world will be again as open and mobile as it was before the pandemic?
Sergey Lavrov:
Many discussions are being held on this issue today. Indeed, many COVID-19 response measures are being taken at random because nobody knows for sure how to effectively counter this infection. Decisions are made in response to immediate epidemiological challenges. These measures are seriously restricting the usual life ...
... important to Russia’s status and self-image, Moscow must reduce its dependence on China by fostering its relations with other large economic and financial players: primarily European countries, India, and Japan.
Although the crisis precipitated by the new coronavirus pandemic is still in its very early stages, it is clear that it has vastly accelerated the ongoing processes around the world. The most consequential is the intensification of Sino-American rivalry and the emergence of new global bipolarity....
... but also a solid reason for shaking up one's old foreign political "wardrobe"
Like every major global crisis, the coronavirus pandemic both generates additional risks, challenges and threats to every state’s foreign policy and opens up new ... ... systemic. The balance of opportunities and threats depends on many variables but primarily on how Russia ultimately copes with COVID-19 compared to other states, particularly its international opponents. Any comparative advantage that Moscow has in fighting ...
... of labour curtail both regional and international economic growth pace.
Increased Job Competition
Elena Alekseenkova:
After Coronavirus: “Nuda Vita” and the “Extraordinary Power” of the Modern State
The upsurge in unemployment in Russia that ... ... workers and result in the obstacles to migration flows being somewhat relaxed.
Russia
Andrey Kortunov:
Global Victory Over COVID-19: What Price Are We Willing to Pay?
Russia fits into most of the global trends outlined above.
In the short term, the ...
... has not taken root. It is only under extreme duress and with extreme reluctance that the European Union has taken any steps against China. This was laid bare for all to see in the tragicomic story involving the EU report on disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The handling of the coronavirus is leaving more and more people in Europe with no illusions about the United States and the “shining city upon a hill,” or indeed about the far-reaching ambitions harboured by Brussels. The point of view that the current state of relations ...
....S. authorities demand to release the American citizens jailed abroad (
https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-pres…/
). They are promising to impose sanctions against “guilty governments”, should their compatriots die due to the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the situation with COVID-19 in the American correctional facilities keeps deteriorating rapidly (
https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/
). Many inmates are infected, some of them have deceased. There is hardly any medical assistance for the convicted, neither there is coronavirus ...
... University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, exclusively for
valdaiclub.com
.
The politicisation of the situation with the coronavirus pandemic, which has gained ferocity in recent weeks, has led to a sad but logical outcome the search for the guilty.... ... of dollars and scrapping the personal plans of tens or hundreds of millions of people. In the world that existed before the COVID-19 epidemic, it was impossible for a politician or official in any country to take such steps only on the basis of assumptions....
... the number of infected tourists who returned from Egypt to their homes, the researchers
made
a disappointing conclusion. It was found that when the Egyptian authorities reported only three cases, the country already
had
from 6,270 to 45,070 cases of coronavirus infection.
Andrey Kortunov:
Global Victory Over COVID-19: What Price Are We Willing to Pay?
The reaction of the Egyptian leadership followed immediately — soon after, the authorities
forced
a journalist from The Guardian to leave the country after the newspaper reported the results about the Canadian ...
