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On March 9, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Pierre Levy, French Ambassador to Russia, at his residence

Putin’s move has been dubbed a “war of choice” by the U.S. administration—in fact, Russia’s military retaliation has been forced on it by the U.S. Russia’s primary concern now is to prevent city-based violence in all major cities

On March 7, 2022, the Emirates Policy Center held an online expert roundtable discussion on geopolitical and geo-economic consequences of the Ukrainian crisis

Experts from Russia, the USA, a number of European countries, China, and India took part in the discussion

The lecture focused on the impact of the current European security crisis in the context of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine on the future of international relations in Europe and the emerging new world order

The bottom line is that the costs far outweigh the benefits, which is what underlies our bleak assessment of the current scenario

Russia is gradually turning from an actor into only a factor in efforts for a new kind of global resilience and sustainability

In order for the Russian and European 2030 climate targets to be achieved, nuclear energy will have to be included in the green transition

On March 1, 2022, a regular Board of Trustees meeting of the International Crisis Group, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict, was held in an online format

A path forward would be to strengthen the strategic alliance between Russia and Armenia, with the aim of preventing Turkey, and by extension NATO, from establishing any domination in the post-Soviet Transcaucasia

On March 1, 2022, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Russia (Spaso House), hosted a meeting between Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and American diplomats on the prospects for Russia-the U.S. cooperation in the context of European security crisis and Russia's special operation on the territory of Ukraine

On March 1, 2022, Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, had a meeting with Markus Ederer, Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation