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President Zelensky’s evolution: one step forward, two steps back

11:03 03.03.2020 Denis Baturin

President Zelensky’s evolution: one step forward, two steps back

President Zelensky’s course is levelling off – it is evolving to match the "traditional Ukrainian reality." However, Zelensky started his presidency by swimming against the current, which became clear from his election statements.From the very outset, the voices of those who believed in him, who admired the novelty of his …

US sanctions – a case of friendly fire

10:44 02.03.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

US sanctions – a case of friendly fire

In an article published on the Washington-based website The Hill, Richard Sawaya, vice president of the US National Foreign Trade Council, writes about the serious damage that the anti-Russian sanctions are causing to America’s business interests. Richard Sawaya is also convinced that the irresponsible use of sanctions actually undermines the …

Robert Serry: on UN systemic crisis

11:41 28.02.2020 Anna Yershova

Robert Serry: on UN systemic crisis

On February 21, Dutch diplomat Robert H. Serry delivered a lecture in Moscow, titled "The UN and International Conflict Resolution.” Robert Serry previously served as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, and also as a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation …

Prix Pictet in Moscow: the Lens to Sustainability and Hope

12:06 27.02.2020 Elena Rubinova

Prix Pictet in Moscow: the Lens to Sustainability and Hope

Robin Rhode. ‘Principle of Hope’, 2017The exhibition Prix Pictet “Hope” currently on view in the beautifully restored historic interiors of Mouravieff-Apostol House & Museum presents the work of the twelve photographers shortlisted for the prize. Now in its eighth cycle, the Prix Pictet is one of the world’s leading photography …

Ur-Fascism: Of Silence and EU Rush. The equation of Communism with Nazism (Second Part)

10:31 26.02.2020 Anis Bajrektarević

Ur-Fascism: Of Silence and EU Rush. The equation of Communism with Nazism (Second Part)

“He who does not wish to speak of capitalism should remain forever silent about Nazism” - Max Horkheimer famously said. It was a clear and often repeated line of this chief architect from the Frankfurt school of Philosophy – one of the most influential centres of thought in the XX …

Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT

11:30 25.02.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT

The precedence of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union naturally allows other European organizations and individual countries to contemplate the previously inconceivable exit option. While at the EU level there are no indications of any other member states planning to follow in London’s footsteps any time soon, in the …

“Westlessness” of the West, and debates on China during Munich Security Conference

16:38 23.02.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

“Westlessness” of the West, and debates on China during Munich Security Conference

The Munich Security Conference, which traditionally brings together heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers in February, is usually expected to bring some kind of intrigue. This time round, the role was claimed by the conference report, titled “Westlessness,” whose main message was the loss by Western countries …

70 years of friendship – Russia-Indonesia

14:07 20.02.2020 Julia Suryakusuma

70 years of friendship – Russia-Indonesia

“Jauh di mata, dekat di hati [Out of sight, close to the heart].” This is how Lyudmila Georgievna Vorobieva, Russian ambassador to Indonesia, characterized the relationship between the two countries.In fact, in the 70 years of the relationship, it has gone through different states of proximity. It was pretty “hot” …

China speaks of the right of civilizations to development, and the United States speaks of the triumph of Western values

11:17 19.02.2020 Nury Amanov

China speaks of the right of civilizations to development, and the United States speaks of the triumph of Western values

Member of the State Council, Foreign Minister Wang Yi in an exclusive interview with Reuters in Berlin, declared the right of all civilizations to development. Answering the question whether China and the USA will be able to avoid a clash of civilizations, Wang Yi said that such a concept as …

2 + 2, Lavrov and Shoigu in Rome: towards new relations between Moscow and the EU?

17:34 18.02.2020

2 + 2, Lavrov and Shoigu in Rome: towards new relations between Moscow and the EU?

Today February 18 in Rome the Russian Foreign and Defense Ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, meet their counterparts Luigi Di Maio and Lorenzo Guerini.A strategic 2 + 2 to tackle hot dossiers such as the Libyan one, but also to discuss bilateral relations between Italy and Russia. An opportunity …

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