A Russia-EU-Africa Strategy for Economic Development and Prosperity. Policy Brief #25/2020
Policy Brief #25/2020
A Russia-EU-Africa Strategy for Economic Development and Prosperity
Russia and the European Union are in the ambitious pursuit of Africa’s heart. Both parties continue to pursue their own rigorous cooperation strategies with the continent – Russia is preparing to open its very first industrial zone in Egypt, and the EU has guaranteed its seat at African Continental Free Trade Agreement...
Familiar Problems and New Challenges for Russia
Crises come and go, and life goes on. In early 2015, at the height of the Ukrainian crisis, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov wrote an article entitled “
Seven Steps Beyond the Horizon of the Crisis
” in which he proposed that we think about how Russia would build relations with the rest of the world “after Ukraine.”
Five years later and the crisis has brought about neither compromise nor the collapse of Ukrainian statehood, and relations between...
On January 13, 2020, the managers of the South Korean investment company Korea Investment & Securities Asia visited Russian International Affairs Council
On January 13, 2020, the managers of the South Korean investment company Korea Investment & Securities Asia visited Russian International Affairs Council.
RIAC guests discussed the current state and dynamics of US sanctions against Russia, possible shifts in Russia-US relations in the context of the US presidential elections in November 2020,...
... “Russia – India Cooperation against the Background of Sanctions: Adverse Effects and New Opportunities”
Source: System on Foreign Trade Performance Analysis (FTPA) Version 3.0,
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An area of growth could be investments. Indian investments in Russia are estimated to be about US $13 billion which include Vankorneft and Taas-Yuryakh fields; Imperial Energy Tomsk; Sakhalin I; Volzhsky Abrasive Works Volgograd; and Commercial Indo bank. Russian investments in ...
Throughout this year there appear to be increasing signs of a paradigm shift in Russia’s economic policy associated with a move from an overarching emphasis on securing macroeconomic stability to attaining higher growth. The epicenter of these discussions is the theme of Russia’s National projects – Rb 25,7 trn in size over a period of 2019-2024 – whose implementation is set to be accompanied by a significant increase in fiscal spending in key priority areas such as infrastructure and human capital...
On September 10, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, had a meeting with a group of Sberbank institutional investors visiting Moscow
On September 10, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, had a meeting with a group of Sberbank institutional investors visiting Moscow, including Amundi Asset Management (Great Britain), Armor Advisors (USA), Baron Capital Management (USA), Cartica Management...
... ‘Lithium Triangle’, must be viewed in the context of New Delhi seeking to go big in embarking on its lithium based Electric Vehicles revolution, which Indian Industry estimates to account for 30 billion dollars sector, by 2030, mandating huge prospective investments by corporate India tapping into the lithium pans of Bolivia and Chile. Similarly, Indian Industry has also exhibited interest in bidding for agro-processing projects, in pursuance of accomplishing the critical futuristic goal of food security ...
On June 30 – July 2, 2019, St. Petersburg hosted a regular annual symposium of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps.
On June 30 – July 2, 2019, St. Petersburg hosted a regular annual symposium of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps.
Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Program Director, attended the symposium. The discussion focused on the issues of global economy, political relations between the great powers, and global socio-economic trends.
On June 24, 2019, delegation of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On June 24, 2019, delegation of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) visited Russian International Affairs Council.
Japanese financiers discussed a wide range of issues related to the dynamics of global and regional stability, as well as political risks associated with a possible exacerbation of the situation in most dangerous regions of the world. Special attention...
... significantly behind Brazil. The specifics of the Russian legislation, domestic consumers’ low incomes, state-owned companies, and government agencies with their sometimes unorthodox approaches to choosing IT suppliers, difficulties in attracting investments and limited export opportunities for Russian IT firms due to Russia’s international isolation all combine to reduce domestic business opportunities dramatically. As a result, the IDC suggests the Russian IT industry will only grow 3.7% in ...
