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OSCE and ‘pitfalls’ of Helsinki process

11:54 17.08.2020 Andrey Torin

OSCE and ‘pitfalls’ of Helsinki process

The Valdai International Club has hosted an online discussion in connection with the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Final Act of the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in Helsinki. The signing of the Helsinki Act is traditionally considered a pivotal point in the development of …

Lebanon: detonation of instability

11:58 14.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Lebanon: detonation of instability

On August 4th two powerful explosions shook Beirut destroying the port and most the city. According to recent reprots, the explosion was caused by the inflammation and detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonia nitrate. Reports of August 8th say the blast killed more than 150 people, while the number of …

Nile water is indivisible

12:22 13.08.2020 Yuri Menshikov

Nile water is indivisible

On August 6, the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya held an online roundtable "Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan: how to share the waters of the Nile." In July, Ethiopia said that it had started to fill the reservoir of the newly-built Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River. The dam - …

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 …

Alexander Lukashevich: OSCE is not in its best shape

11:32 10.08.2020 Anna Yershova

Alexander Lukashevich: OSCE is not in its best shape

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has celebrated the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The news agency Rossiya Segodnya marked this memorable occasion by hosting an online briefing by Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.“August 1, 1975 ushered in a new …

The 75th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference

15:13 08.08.2020 Yanina Korotkova

The 75th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference

The war on monuments in US and Europe

15:10 08.08.2020 Yanina Korotkova

The war on monuments in US and Europe

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 …

Latin America – Russia: an Agenda for Constructive Cooperation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

21:02 06.08.2020 Juan Martin González Cabañas

Latin America – Russia: an Agenda for Constructive Cooperation in the Post-COVID-19 Era

On Tuesday, August 4, the outstanding video-conference “Latin America – Russia: an Agenda for Constructive Cooperation in the Post-COVID-19 Era” was held organized by the Valdai Club , the Russian Embassy in Guatemala, the AMerican CHAMber of commerce (AmCham), the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) the SIECA(Central American Secretariat for Economic …

The spirit of “Greater Albania” acquires Brussels substance

13:40 05.08.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

The spirit of “Greater Albania” acquires Brussels substance

A meeting of Serbian and Kosovo leaders which is scheduled to take place in Brussels in September may result in the signing of an agreement on the normalization of relations. According to reports, the EU leaders, who act as mediators in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, have prepared a draft …

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