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The first year of COVID-19 pandemic as seen by Valdai Club experts

10:58 04.02.2021 Andrey Torin

The first year of COVID-19 pandemic as seen by Valdai Club experts

During an online discussion of “The First Year of COVID-19: Socio-Political Consequences as Seen by Valdai Club Experts” report, hosted by the Valdai International Discussion Club, prominent Russian and foreign scientists dwelt on the biggest global challenges of the latter half of the year 2020, and whether the world will …

Vladimir Chizhov: “a policy of sanctions in the modern world is senseless and harmful”

12:44 22.12.2020 Andrey Torin

Vladimir Chizhov: “a policy of sanctions in the modern world is senseless and harmful”

During an online briefing at theRossiya Segodnyamultimedia center in Moscow, Russia’s envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, commented on the decisions taken by the December 10-11 EU summit in Brussels, on the current state of Russia-EU relations and the situation in Europe amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Russia - EU: …

Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

11:55 04.12.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

Foreign pharmaceutical companies have been vying with one another in being the first to announce the launch of an anti-coronavirus vaccine and having it registered by healthcare authorities. Meanwhile, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”, which was the first to be presented to the world, has demonstrated 95 percent efficiency in …

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

12:53 05.11.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that "NATO countries have invested additional funds in the purchase of air defense systems and fighters to contain Russia," RBC reported. Meanwhile, almost all members of the Western defense alliance are facing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the background of new …

A pandemic of authoritarianism, or how COVID-19 is nixing democracy

10:03 28.09.2020

A pandemic of authoritarianism, or how COVID-19 is nixing democracy

According to Australia’s Department of Health, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country has reached 26,136. This ranks Australia 75thin terms of the spread of the deadly virus. The number of confirmed cases in Australia has more than tripled over the past two months with the number of …

Gennady Gatilov: WHO, just like any organization, needs reforms

12:49 04.09.2020 Yevgeny Pedanov

Gennady Gatilov: WHO, just like any organization, needs reforms

“Flawed as it may be, the WHO plays a leading role and now is not the time to reform it. This is the opinion of Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s permanent representative at the Geneva offices of the United Nations and other international organizations. The main task now is to combat the …

Coronavirus force majeure and new world order

13:47 11.08.2020 Mark Neumark

Coronavirus force majeure and new world order

The current pandemic has given rise to a variety of forecasts and judgements on a wide range of issues that are directly or indirectly related to the future world order. These predictions can be divided into two main groups. The first group incorporates factors of unceertainty in global politics which …

How COVID-19 pandemic affected South Africa

10:32 07.08.2020 Pavel Lomtev

How COVID-19 pandemic affected South Africa

Photo: eturbonews.comAt present, South Africa is the world’s fifth in the number of coronavirus cases. The epidemiological situation in the country continues to deteriorate, as despite a decreasing number of new cases reported daily, the number of tests has decreased as well. On August 2, 2020 the total number of …

Russia and Argentina maintain active dialogue amid pandemic

9:36 26.06.2020 Yuri Nemtsev

Russia and Argentina maintain active dialogue amid pandemic

Just as Europe and Russia are systematically lifting restrictive measures, the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted to the Western Hemisphere where the situation in many countries of the region remains very serious.In an interview with International Affairs, Russia’s ambassador to Argentina, Dmitry Feoktistov spoke about the way the …

From COVID-19 to «political virus»?

10:55 08.06.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

From COVID-19 to «political virus»?

One of the recent trends in the United States of late is the spread, along with the coronavirus infection, of the “political virus”, which manifested itself in groundless and mendacious attacks on China. A statement to this effect was made by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he addressed a …

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