... international affairs, researchers and journalists. We are making a presentation of an important text today looking forward to a serious professional discussion».
Igor Zhukovsky, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in the Republic of Poland: «We have held a number of expert meetings with Polish partners today — both on the site of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Warsaw and in the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. The creation of dialog platforms for professional communities in the areas of culture, education, and scientific research is our priority in the context of complex ...
... Austria, and Shell, which are quite
determined
to continue with the project, despite the US sanctions.
The message coming from Rex Tillerson, before he attended the main part of his visit to Poland, could suggest that the US wants to position itself with Poland against countries like France, Germany, and obviously Russia. The move, which appears to be risky at the time of global uproar against ‘America First’ in general, and President Trump in particular, is in Poland’s best interest to materialize its
Three Seas Initiative
— something which is perceived ...
... professionals both in Russia and the West interpreting them in a relatively rational way. The same cannot be said of the next three components.
The fourth component concerns political identity. This topic is particularly pressing for the Baltic states and Poland. For these countries, Russia is a part of the "dark legend" national narrative. They perceive Moscow as the grotesque embodiment of an almost absolute evil. Historical experience is projected both onto the present and into the future. Identity imparts a fair share ...
... territory. A feeling emerged that there were first and second category members, for which Poland has never given consent. This preference to have NATO boots on the ground was reinforced after the annexation of Crimea along with the military build-up of Russian forces. Having NATO soldiers in Poland and in the Baltic states is obviously a part of reassurance policy badly needed under current circumstances. It is not something that strategically changes the existing imbalance: from the perspective of Russian capabilities it’s almost nothing,...
On December 12, Włodzimierz Marciniak, the Ambassador of Republic of Poland to Russia, visited RIAC.
RIAC President Igor Ivanov informed Polish diplomat about the Council’s projects concerning European security and Russia’s cooperation with the EU countries and NATO, as well as about the RIAC’s experience of collaborating ...
... most part, the only contacts that have been preserved are at the departmental level, between the ministries of the countries participating in bilateral cooperation, as well as between several industry working groups of intergovernmental commissions.
Russia’s channels of communication with Poland and Sweden have been put under similar constraints. There are certain favourable differences in Russia–Finland relations, but these too have grown considerably less active.
To revive these dialogues, intergovernmental commissions should resume ...
... Analysis, CEPA, hosted a «
Warsaw Summit 2016 – What’s Next for NATO?
» conference in Warsaw.
The following issues farmed the agenda of the conference: NATO on the Eastern Flank, the development and the future of the Alliance, Russia-NATO relations.
Natalia Evtikhevich
, Programme Manager, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), was one of the speakers at the discussion session «What will Russia do? NATO-Russia relations».
This session was also marked by ...
... against the background of implementing the European Union’s Eastern Partnership policy, the author emphasizes the specifics of relations along the Ukraine–EU and Ukraine–Russia lines.
Ilya Kramnik:
NATO Exercises: More Provocations
from Poland
Without Ukraine, Russia will be unable to implement its foreign political projects. This is why the Kremlin is ready to pay a high price for its attempts to keep Kiev in its orbit. Piekło doubts that the European Union is capable of reacting to Moscow’s aggressive ...
... thereafter, construction of a similar base in Redzikowo, Poland began
as part of the third EPAA phase
. These events force us once again to reflect on the potential threat that the United States’ current plans to deploy BMD in Europe poses to Russia’s national security.
Aegis Ashore
EPAA replaced a previous idea to deploy a missile defence base in Poland which was to include ten silo-based GBI (ground-based interceptor) missiles. GBIs were previously deployed in Alaska and California. The plans to create a third GBI installation in Europe
infuriated Moscow
, who feared it would threaten the survivability ...
... doctrinal documents state exactly the same about the NATO threat. All Russian military moves are merely responses to the steps taken by the Alliance.
The Americans first shed the missile defense arrangements and launched their ABM projects in Romania and Poland, after which Russia built up its forces on the western flank, among other things deployed the Iskander missile system.
Then, upon lengthy and dead-end negotiations, Russia had to withdraw from the INF Treaty, as it lost credibility and could not meet our interests....
