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Morning Brief: Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists

13:29 11.04.2014

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists

Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists Top News: The Ukrainian government in Kiev said this morning that they had regained control over government buildings seized yesterday by pro-Russian separatists in Kharkiv. Government buildings in the eastern cities of Donetsk and Luhansk remain occupied. The secessionists occupying government facilities in …

Af-Pak: the challenge of stability and the role of Russia

14:26 08.04.2014 Francesco Brunello Zanitti

Af-Pak: the challenge of stability and the role of Russia

The main core of the book Af-Pak: the challenge of stability (Francesco Brunello Zanitti, Af-Pak: la sfida della stabilità, Fuoco Edizioni/IsAG, Rome 2014) is the presentation of future hypothetical scenarios of Afghanistan and Pakistan, considering ISAF’s withdrawal expected by the end of 2014. For many historical, geographical, cultural and economic …

Firemen or fire starters? Opportunies for agreement following the referendum in the Crimea

16:46 04.04.2014 Igor Pellicciari

Firemen or fire starters? Opportunies for agreement following the referendum in the Crimea

The causes of Moscow’s action in the Ukrainian crisis are much more complicated than that represented by the stereotypical analysis in the Western media and academic circles.The dominant discourse in the U.S. and Europe is a consensus that the Kremlin is commanded by one man alone, and because we are …

Serbia was a testing ground for Western strategists

13:52 01.04.2014 Konstantin Kachalin

Serbia was a testing ground for Western strategists

On March 27th, 1999 in Brussels, the NATO leadership could not believe what they were hearing. For the first time in the history of its combat operations, a highly "secret" U.S. Air Force stealth fighter plane was not only detected by Yugoslavian air defense radar, but it was also shot …

Valentina Matviyenko, "I always have, and I always will, uphold and defend Russia’s national interests"

22:52 31.03.2014

Valentina Matviyenko, "I always have, and I always will, uphold and defend Russia’s national interests"

The Chairman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, talked about sanctions by the White House, the possible appearance of Maidan protests in other countries, and the Crimean referendum. The Chairman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, spoke in an interview with Russian newspaper "Izvestia" about her vision of the current …

Moscow - Tallinn: a partnership that strengthens the relationship between the cities

22:49 31.03.2014 Elena Studneva

Moscow - Tallinn: a partnership that strengthens the relationship between the cities

A partnership between cities shows an example of the preservation of relations between states. The mayor of the Estonian capital, Mayor Edgar Savisaar based his thesis on this during his speech at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He arrived in Moscow on …

Prodi 2.0

14:45 25.03.2014 Igor Pellicciari

After having finalized his mandate as President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi has remained a very busy man internationally, rather active and far from the temptation to retire to a life made of well paid conferences and honorary presidencies of rococo thinks thanks around the world.Instead, he has been …

In defending our compatriots, we are defending ourselves

2:31 24.03.2014 Alexander Moiseyev

In defending our compatriots, we are defending ourselves

The Press Center of the Russian Foreign Ministry held a presentation under the collective monograph of "International experience of support and protection of the rights of our compatriots abroad", which was prepared and published by the International Council of Russian Compatriots (ICRC), with the assistance and support of the Fund …

Vyacheslav Svetlichny "The referendum in the Crimea - a lesson in patriotism!”

11:29 22.03.2014 Sergey Filatov

Vyacheslav Svetlichny "The referendum in the Crimea - a lesson in patriotism!”

Vyacheslav Svetlichny in the workplace during the referendum in the Crimea. Photo by the author. The light was burning day and night in the office of the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Crimea, Vyacheslav Svetlichny, in the days leading up to the referendum, and it seemed like it …

Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin

10:19 18.03.2014

Vladimir Putin addressed State Duma deputies, Federation Council members, heads of Russian regions and civil society representatives in the Kremlin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, good afternoon. Representatives of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol are here among us, citizens of Russia, residents of Crimea and Sevastopol! Dear friends, we have gathered here today in connection with an issue that is of vital, historic …

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