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On November 30, 2015, RIAC President Igor Ivanov and Director General Andrey Kortunov received Hungarian Ambassador to Moscow Janos Balla. After Dr. Ivanov’s brief on activities of RIAC on European issues and potential for cooperation between Russian and European think tanks in the current political environment, the sides discussed interaction between Moscow and the Visegrad Group, as well as Russian-Hungarian relations.
... on the territory of countries of the former socialist bloc. . REUTERS/Ints Kalnins Yuri Nadtochei: Back to Lafayette The interest expressed by Baltic countries and Poland in having a U.S. military presence is no longer surprising at all. But why are Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, which do not even share borders with Russia, expressing a similar desire? These countries are characterized by extremely low ratio of military expenses versus GDP : Bulgaria and Romania spend 1.3-1.4% of GDP on army needs, while Hungary spends only 0.9% of GDP on the military. Given the ...
... the dynamic role of the Visegrad countries in the CEE policies of the European Union. Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexey Gromyko underlined the importance of the Visegrad Group for development of its member states and cooperation of Russia with Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Ambassador Priputen summed up the results of the Slovak presidency in the Visegrad Group. Roundtable "The Visegrad Europe and Russia Today"
... the following announcement on his official website: “In accordance with the recommendations of the European Commission, Hungary will be represented at the 9 May 2015 celebrations by the country’s Ambassador accredited in Moscow”. Larisa ... ... and Memory The same argument was put forward in all cases: to visit Moscow under the current conditions would mean to justify Russia’s actions in Ukraine, split the ranks of the European states and undermine the unified Brussels foreign policy. “Respect ...
.... It is noteworthy that the EU’s current Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic is a Slovak. The Slovak company Eustream has proposed its own project called Eastring , instead of the Turkish Stream, which theoretically would run through Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. It remains only to explain who would pay for this pipeline. Skopje and Belgrade are not part of the European gas system, but they need an alternative supply route, since Russian gas still comes to them via Ukraine. The main obstacle to rapid construction of the Turkish Stream, however, is the expense of the project, especially given the difficult market conditions in Russia. The cost of the total complex of works to ...
... power for eight years, hit rock bottom and has only slightly improved its position since then (in February 2015, the HSP enjoyed the support of only 14.8 per cent of voters [5] ). Judging by the coincidence of the dominant political narrative both in Hungary and in Russia, not only tactical interests of the two states but also strategic interests appear to intersect. Studies inevitably emerged on possible funding by the Kremlin of the Jobbik political party (the latter’s member Bela Kovacs was accused of spying ...
... whilst the construction of South Stream is already underway. Russia claims to have enough gas to supply Europe for at least a hundred years - and diversification is needed, but stability more so. Interestingly, while advocating outright friendship with Russia, Hungary’s government does maintain a populistic touch of anti-Russian sentiment. Notably, Moscow Square, a major traffic junction in Budapest has recently been renamed, much to the Kremlin’s dismay. But it is no less apparent in a number of ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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