Interview with Pyotr Stegny
On July 16th, 2013, the new interim government of Egypt was sworn in. Former President Mohamed Morsi and many leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are under arrest and awaiting trial. What mistakes have Morsi and his supporters made? In a special interview a RIAC member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
Pyotr Stegny
shares his insights on ...
... interview IMEMO RAS Principal Research Fellow, Doctor of History,
Georgy Mirsky
shares insights on current developments in Egypt, protest actions and subsequent resignation and detention of Mohammed Morsi. The expert believes that an attempt to oust the Muslim Brotherhood from the political scene would be the worst mistake the Egyptian army and the opposition can now make.
Mr. Mirsky, huge protests erupting in Egypt on June 30 have led to the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi. In your opinion, what was the ...
... that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, the Islamists found themselves at the forefront of the political movement and managed to win the parliamentary elections in March 2012. The
Freedom and Justice Party
, the political arm of the
Muslim Brotherhood
movement, won the largest number of seats (42 percent). Then came the
al-Nour Party
(
Party of Light
), representing the
Salafi
movement. The association of liberal democratic and leftist parties received fewer seats
[1]
. In June ...