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On October 6, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares, Brazilian Ambassador to Russia, and Pawan Kapoor, Indian Ambassador to Russia

Russia has not done anything like mobilization in this century, and that using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine makes little sense for Vladimir Putin

On October 5, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Jakob Henningsen, Danish Ambassador to Russia.

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Working Paper No. 67 / 2022

How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems?

On September 30, 2022, at the Austrian Embassy in Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, spoke to a large group of European diplomats on issues related to the crisis in the European security system and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

On September 30 – October 1, 2022, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar, held an international conference in a hybrid format on the situation in the Middle East: reset, great power competition and regional (in)stability

On September 26¬–29, 2022, the international forum “RCD Forum 2022: The World is Changing” was held in Baghdad, Iraq

On September 28, 2022, a regular online international expert dialog on Russia-NATO relations was held, bringing together experts, former diplomats and military, public leaders from Russia, the USA, and European NATO member-states

On September 29, 2022, Cristian Istrate, Ambassador of Romania to the Russian Federation, and Liliana Burda, Counselor of the Romanian Embassy, visited Russian International Affairs Council

On September 29, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of Japanese diplomats at the Residence of Japan’s Ambassador to Russia