... 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 decision, which rejected the Russian
resolution
presented on March 25, also signed, among other 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 ...
... 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... ...?
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... ... have shut entry and exit. We have also taken such decisions. Exceptions are made for Russian citizens and their families who happened to be abroad and want to return home...
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 ...
... 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 opportunities and prospects. Russia is no exception in this. The specific nature of Russia’s case lies, we believe, in its opportunities being mostly tactical ... ... 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 ...
Labour migration in Russia has suffered the shocks of the pandemic and the coming economic crisis, bringing ... ... migration that have only appeared recently? [
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The Global Context
Christian Wollny:
Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity
The “perfect storm” that has combined... ... 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...
... was a path to a certain balance of interests, and not a slippery slope towards an open confrontation.
As for relations between Russia and the European Union, I dare say that, even given the depressing strategies pursued by both sides, the principle of a ... ... 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 ...
... deceased. There is hardly any medical assistance for the convicted, neither there is coronavirus testing. The prisoners are preponderantly left without individual sanitary... ... in the U.S. are alarming the critical situation in jails (
https://www.hrw.org/…/covid-19-shouldnt-be-death-sentence-p…
#). They call on the release for the vulnerable... ... 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...
... 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....
... don’t help enemies — which suggests that Russia, by sending over humanitarian aid, doesn’t view Washington as an enemy. The coronavirus, like other major issues, demonstrates that the two countries are natural allies that through partnership and reconciliation can achieve almost anything. In the current crisis, Russians and Americans are obviously united by their humanity — Washington’s war with COVID-19 is inseparable from Moscow’s war with the virus — but we are also united by much more than just 23 chromosomes.
Take ...
... 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... ... 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... ... look at themselves from the outside is one of the lessons that can be learnt from the COVID-19 crisis.
Question:
Mr Ryabkov, let us recall the New York Times publication...
