... foreign travel.
Question:
Let’s finish the tourism questions and move on to bigger foreign policy issues. On which side is Russia and why in the conflict between the US and China over possible contradictory data on the emergence and spread of the coronavirus?
Sergey Lavrov:
We are on the side of justice and common sense. Justice implies that it is wrong to accuse someone of something without the facts. I have given examples of the attitude of our Western partners who base their accusations on the declaration “highly likely,” which is how they accuse us of many things. I think the same applies to any situation ...
To avoid becoming part of a Sino-centric power bloc and maintain international equilibrium, which is critically important to Russia’s status and self-image, Moscow must reduce its dependence on China by fostering its relations with other large economic ... ... 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 ...
... frequency and can thus explain the current behaviour of states on the international stage. Coronavirus plays two largely contradictory roles – it accelerates some processes... ... France, the United States poses a greater threat to their respective countries than Russia and (with the exception of Japan) China [
6
].
It is unclear exactly where the... ... and the United States is largely focused in the South China and East China seas, thousands of miles away from Russia. Russia does not have any interests in that region...
... sanctions against “guilty governments”, should their compatriots die due to the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the situation with COVID-19 in the American correctional facilities... ... Minister urged to consider the possibility of return to the home country for all the Russian citizens incarcerated in the U.S. In addition, I personally addressed to Attorney-General... ... are under the threat.
Anatoly I.Antonov
Source:
Facebook Embassy of Russia in the USA
... 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.... ... US Army could have hypothetically brought the virus into China, or that theres the possibly it was imported.
The line of accusation against the PRC is based on the selective criticism of events from the sequence of actions and decisions taken by the ...
... what some call a black swan moment — though it might be too soon to tell
In what seems like a blink of the eye, the coronavirus has uprooted and deracinated nearly every sense of normalcy that could possibly exist. A pathogen that up until a ... ... of our society. It’s changed the way we do business, the way we interact with loved ones, and it might change the course of Russia-U.S. relations.
That’s because a few weeks ago, Russia did something that was quite remarkable. It sent over a planeload ...
... with the International Life magazine, April 17, 2020
Question:
Mr Ryabkov, let’s start with the most urgent issue – the coronavirus. Today, the United States is the anti-rating leader in the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Meanwhile, US President ... ... at least its part that listens to Washington, to some “scheming.”
We are doing everything we can to help all interested Russian citizens to return home. This also applies to our citizens in the United States. Whether our efforts are good enough, ...
... economic crisis will impact procurement for the world's leading armies
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic combined with the resulting economic crisis is already affecting... ... slow-down of expensive and promising R&D, which in early stages mainly generates costs.
The USA: More Money for Each and Every One!
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Russ Scalf... ... disposal of various obsolete assets and the ability to order new ones to replace them.
Russia: Revising Priorities
Given the general economic environment, the situation for...
As the OPEC+ deal has expired, Russia and Saudi Arabia remain at odds, though the United States offered encouraging words that production cuts might be negotiated
... ... has destabilized the market even as the industry faces anemic demand and the potential for a
legion of layoffs
because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On the heels of plummeting prices, the market
rallied April 2
after US President Donald Trump, perhaps ...
... Even though the UN Sanctions Committee
approved
applications for humanitarian exemptions, a host of problems arose—bank refusals, supplier delays, delays at customs, etc.
Christian Wollny:
Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity
Individual exemptions will have no effect without significant systemic changes introduced ... ... and individual countries, concrete Security Council resolutions are needed.
As a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia could spearhead the process. It has at least submitted a draft COVID-19 resolution to the UN General Assembly. However,...
