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60th anniversary of Belka's and Strelka's spaceflight

23:22 21.08.2020 Yanina Korotkova

60th anniversary of Belka's and Strelka's spaceflight

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

11:49 21.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

A group of American Senators has threatened to introduce sanctions against the German port of Sassnitz if its operator continues to assist in completing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Such threats, the German Handelsblatt says, “deal a blow in the face of Europeans”. Nevertheless, both Germany and the EU …

Belarusian President Lukashenko's Chances To Survive Protests Getting Increasingly Slim

10:15 21.08.2020

Belarusian President Lukashenko's Chances To Survive Protests Getting Increasingly Slim

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th August, 2020) Incumbent Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's prospects to remain in power are progressively loosing edge amid ongoing nationwide protests in the wake of a controversial presidential election, experts told Sputnik.Protests in Belarus have been ongoing since August 9, when a presidential election …

Are new geographical discoveries still possible in the 21st century?

10:12 20.08.2020 Anna Yershova

Are new geographical discoveries still possible in the 21st century?

In May 2020, the Russian government established a new professional holiday - the Day of the Geographer, to be annually marked on August 18. It was on this day in 1845, that Emperor Nicholas I signed a decree establishing the Russian Geographical Society. During the 175 years that have elapsed …

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: does he want to become president again?

12:28 18.08.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: does he want to become president again?

Recently, there have been media reports about the former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s attempts to reenter big-time politics. Many observers believe that Ahmadinejad, who served as president of the Islamic Republic from 2005 until 2013, intends to run for the country’s top civilian job in May 2021, a move allowed …

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 …

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