... European Union, UN) in search of models and options for achieving peace. Particular attention was paid to the possibilities of cooperation between Russia and the European Union on the Yemen vector. The meeting was moderated by Malena Mård, Ambassador of Sweden to Russia.
... countless “social justice” agitprops unleashed worldwide? Instead, such interventions have left behind a string of broken, emasculated, and dysfunctional societies. Women and children are the biggest victims here. One could also include Thunberg’s Sweden in the list of nations facing a
surge in sexual violence
against women and children. Swedish schools are
no longer safe
, and somehow no child activist has emerged to
publicize
this highly-proximate issue [
2
]]. What is the celebrated “female ...
... international cooperation in the Arctic, possibility for restoring dialogue between Russia and NATO, as well as some aspects of bilateral Russian-Swedish relations. The meeting was also attended by diplomats from the political department of the Embassy of Sweden.
The practice of US regulators punishing specific companies for violating sanctions is of great interest
In 2018, the US Department of the Treasury announced a settlement of claims against four companies totaling $60.8 million. The number of companies and the amount of the fines are small compared with previous years. In
2017
, 16 cases were settled for a total amount of $119.5 million, while, for example, in 2014, there were 22 cases worth $1.205 billion. Moreover, each case can include claims...
...
If the application is denied, Gazprom will simply remap the route, which will not change the timeframe or costs to any significant degree.
The United States uses other countries in addition to Poland to exert pressure on the Nord Stream 2 project. Sweden and Denmark in particular have become pawns in the United States political manoeuvring, as the gas pipeline will go through their offshore areas and Gazprom has applied to these countries for construction permits. On August 25, 2016, then Vice ...
On November 21 at the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, Alexander Golts, editor-in-chief of «Yezhenedelny Zhurnal», and Tatyana Vorozheykina, political scientist and Levada Center staff, had a meeting with a group of Swedish diplomats to discuss current ...
On October 19 Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat and politician, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978-1979), Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, 1981-1997), Head of the United Nations monitoring, verification and inspection commission (UNMOVIC), inspecting Iraq weapons (2000-2003), visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On October 19 Hans Blix, Swedish diplomat and politician, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978-1979), Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency...
On May 8, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov gave a lecture "Next Political Cycle in Russia: Problems of Socioeconomic Transformation and Their Influence on Foreign Policy" at Stockholm School of Economics
On May 8, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov gave a lecture "Next Political Cycle in Russia: Problems of Socioeconomic Transformation and Their Influence on Foreign Policy" at Stockholm School of Economics.
The lecture was attended by School's professors, experts, former...
On Tuesday 21st February, Sweden’s foreign minister Margot Wallström travelled to Moscow to meet with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in their first meeting since the end of 2014 in Basel, amidst their iciest relations since the end of the Cold War. The agenda ...
... Economic Belt — the search for common security interests between the EU and China” was held in Tutzing (Germany). The aim of the event was to discuss the report prepared jointly by the
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
(Germany) and the
SIPRI
(Sweden) — “
The Silk Road Economic Belt: Considering security implications and EU-China cooperation projects
.”
The event covered various topics including security threats, which may be reduced by the SREB initiative, as well as the ...