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Russians never abandon their heroes, even when they are monuments

12:27 10.04.2020

Russians never abandon their heroes, even when they are monuments

What should municipal authorities be doing at the height of a global pandemic? Obviously, to provide much-needed quarantine measures, make sure that essential goods, including medicines, are readily available and to monitor the work done by local health institutions. This is not the case with Prague district 6 mayor Ondrej …

Lawrence McDonnell, Valdai Club expert, Managing Director at McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

12:58 08.04.2020

Lawrence McDonnell, Valdai Club expert, Managing Director at McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Coronavirus in a globally connected world, harnessing the power of the mediaAs cities, towns and villages are increasingly isolated to protect communities from a deadly pandemic that knows no borders, people turn to the voices and media they trust. In this age and in this situation social media rather than …

Price war on oil and gas market from geopolitical perspective

12:34 08.04.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Price war on oil and gas market from geopolitical perspective

The collapse of the OPEC+ deal, coupled with a drop in demand amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, has sent tectonic shocks across the global oil and gas markets. Simultaneously, attacks on the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project have intensified again.The global demand for oil had started to decline well before …

Stevan Gajić: events in Montenegro are not a matter for Serbs alone

12:08 07.04.2020 Yelizaveta Belousova

Stevan Gajić: events in Montenegro are not a matter for Serbs alone

Relations between the Russian Federation and Montenegro are at low ebb with the former Yugoslav republic now finding itself in the most non-constructive segment of the North Atlantic alliance, together with Poland and the Baltic countries. The two countries disagree on various things, but the main points of contention are …

COVID-19: UN Security Council should act Now

14:11 04.04.2020 Hasmy Agam , Anis Bajrektarević

COVID-19: UN Security Council should act Now

The COVID-19 situation is very worrying, indeed, alarming matter, not just as a global health and biosafety issue, but potentially as a global security challenge, too.While the pandemic is being dealt with by the World Health Organisation (WHO), along with other relevant United Nation Specialised Agencies (UN SA), the situation …

The worst epidemics in history

12:03 02.04.2020 Yanina Korotkova

The worst epidemics in history

COVID-19 in India: The bright and the dark sides

12:31 01.04.2020 Amrita Dhilon

COVID-19 in India: The bright and the dark sides

Many fortresses have collapsed and the invisible enemy has entered everywhere. Indians are at the doorsteps of one of the biggest threats looming. Indian government along with the state governments have announced a 21-days lockdown and requested all the citizens to stay at home, however, few of the essential services …

The ideology of top candidates for US presidency

12:18 31.03.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

The ideology of top candidates for US presidency

According to US media reports, the incumbent President Donald Trump has secured enough Republican Party support to launch a re-election campaign [i]. Meanwhile, unexpectedly for observers, former Vice President Joe Biden has in recent weeks achieved impressive results in the race for being nominated the Democratic candidate. Although the campaign …

I feel like the Russians do smile - through their hearts

12:16 30.03.2020 Aida Soboleva

I feel like the Russians do smile - through their hearts

Professor Suzanne Ament teaches the history of Russia at the Department of History, University of Radford (Virginia, USA). Whatever she tells her students about, she tries to include a piece of music in the lecture in order to create a “sound background of the era”. Sometimes she picks up a …

Report on the situation of the Covid-19 in Argentina

17:49 28.03.2020 Juan Martin González Cabañas

Report on the situation of the Covid-19 in Argentina

To the date (March 27 at 8:00 p.m.) the total number of infected is 690 with 17 dead and 72 recovered cases.The epidemic by district (provinces) of the country:Government measuresSince March 13 a total quarantine has been established in the country by executive decree of President Alberto Fernández. These measures …

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