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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 …

Russian and British Teenagers Join Efforts Online to Create Opera

12:05 23.11.2020 Elena Rubinova

Russian and British Teenagers Join Efforts Online to Create Opera

James Garner with the studio participants at MAMTThe year 2020 made us reconsider many familiar concepts, and it is hardly the end of the game. While the second wave of the pandemic sent much of Europe into another round of lockdowns it has become clear that transformations in many areas …

Year before COP26: countries addressing climate issues

11:36 09.11.2020 Anna Yershova

Year before COP26: countries addressing climate issues

The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly became a key challenge in 2020. However, there exists a global issue that poses an equally serious threat – climate change. According to international scientific research, 2020 temperatures are at an all-time high, greenhouse gas concentration is growing, while natural disasters are acquiring ever more devastating …

Russia and Iran in Syria

11:44 06.11.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Russia and Iran in Syria

The world media is abuzz with news about the presidential elections in the United States, the fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh and the upcoming second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. That being said, the situation in Syria remains very much in the focus of attention of analysts and political scientists.Recently, …

UN anniversary’s gloomy takeaways

11:50 05.10.2020 Andrey Torin

UN anniversary’s gloomy takeaways

On its 75th anniversary and amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations has for the first time convened world leaders mainly in an online format to seek action and solutions for a world in crisis.The UNO’s predecessor, the League of Nations, wrapped up its work with the outbreak of …

Serbia and EU: no more illusions

13:47 21.04.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Serbia and EU: no more illusions

The current coronavirus pandemic in Europe threatens to damage the image of the EU in the eyes of residents of both EU member countries and countries seeking the EU membership. Given this, a good example has been demonstrated by the Serbian leadership, which initially pronounced integration with the EU as …

“Balkan Stream”: Romania instead of Bulgaria?

12:59 13.12.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

“Balkan Stream”: Romania instead of Bulgaria?

With the export leg of the Turkish Stream (TurkStream) gas pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas along the Balkan route further to Europe, slated to go fully on-stream in late 2020 - early 2021, all transit countries need to timely fulfill their obligations to get their national gas transportation …

“Let Russia Be Russia” (US debate on global security system)

12:09 05.11.2019 Dmitry Babich

“Let Russia Be Russia” (US debate on global security system)

The controversial decision by the current US administration to withdraw from the INF treaty, as well as its threat to suspend observance of the Open Skies Treaty and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), has been met with criticism and resistance even in the United States itself. However, opposition to …

Tobolsk - the heart of Siberia

10:12 04.03.2019

Tobolsk - the heart of Siberia

Tobolsk is one of the oldest cities in the Urals and Siberia, the birthplace of many famous people, including the chemist Dmitry Mendeleyev, painter Vasily Perov, composer Alexander Alyabyev and many others. It is also the place where Decembrists Ivan Annenkov, Wilhelm Kuchelbecker, Alexander Muravyov, Mikhail Fonvizin, as well as …

“Opening Russia-2019” Art Symposium Brings Indians and Russians Closer

21:34 26.02.2019

“Opening Russia-2019” Art Symposium Brings Indians and Russians Closer

While ties between India and Russia continue to scale newer heights following an informal summit last year, more and more Indians are being exposed to rich Russian culture. The spacious exhibition halls of Lalit Kala Akademi in Kota (Rajasthan) was the last venue hosting a moving art symposium “Opening Russia-2019”, …

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