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Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)

13:18 25.02.2019 Yanina Korotkova

Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

11:05 25.02.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

The 2019 Security Conference in Munich attracted so much attention not only due to the top-notch lineup of participants, but also to the keynote report released by the organizers as a curtain-raiser for the high-profile gathering.Titled “The Great Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?" the Munich Security Report (MSR) …

How American Presidential Contenders Talk About Russia

18:48 21.02.2019 David S. Foglesong

How American Presidential Contenders Talk About Russia

Can American politicians talk sensibly about Russia? Major statements in the last year by leading contenders for the next presidential election in 2020 are not encouraging: they have presented severely distorted views of Russia and grossly exaggerated threats from the Kremlin. However, some influential politicians in the United States do …

Jaan Toomik’s Solo Show on View at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

11:51 21.02.2019 Elena Rubinova

Jaan Toomik’s Solo Show on View at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Seagull. video, 2004. Music: Rainer JancisThe Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents an extensive solo show of Jaan Toomik, a world-famous video artist, painter and film director, often described as Estonia's most brilliant figure on the world art scene. The exhibition at 10 Gogolevsky boulevard entitled 'My End Is My …

Montenegrin political earthquake

10:02 20.02.2019 Slavisha Batko Milacic

Montenegrin political earthquake

In mid-January, across Montenegro, one video clip caused a real political storm. For the first time it was seen how a businessman close to the government gives 97,000 euros to Slavoljub Stijepovic, former mayor of capital Podgorica and senior official of the rulling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), to fund …

Content in New Media as an instrument of interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign States[1]

11:29 19.02.2019 Pavel Karasev

Content in New Media as an instrument of interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign States[1]

Over the recent years we have observed a significant increase in the use of ICT-instruments to disseminate specially prepared content to achieve malicious political and economic goals. Many experts explicitly claim that ICT-instruments have increased manifold the capabilities to achieve objectives by non-military means. Confirmed are the predictions of competent …

China and US keep a close eye on Greenland

10:48 18.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

China and US keep a close eye on Greenland

Greenland is mulling independence. While enjoying wide autonomy within the Kingdom of Denmark with its own parliament since 2009,. Greenland still faces two serious economic problems standing on its way to full-fledged sovereignty, namely the need to make itself less dependent on financial assistance from Copenhagen ($620 million), and reduce …

The European Parliament lists Italy’s "sins"

11:51 15.02.2019

The European Parliament lists Italy’s "sins"

The Italian Cabinet of Ministers came under severe criticism and rough pressure at the recent meeting of the European Parliament (EP) on February 12, 2019. The European parliamentarians who spoke at the meeting described Rome’s policy as “idiotic” saying that it has been following orders from the Kremlin. In addition, …

Turkey-Israel: caught between friendship and enmity

10:41 14.02.2019 Andrey Isayev

Turkey-Israel: caught between friendship and enmity

In 1949, Turkey became the first Muslim country to recognize the State of Israel. Territorial disputes with Iraq (Ankara claims the Mosul region as Turkish territory) and with neighboring Syria (which has never recognized Alexandretta Sanjak, Hatayt vilayet’s joining Turkey after WWI) necessitated a search for a regional ally. Moreover, …

Music battle without losers

21:25 12.02.2019 Katerina Gotta

Music battle without losers

On the 1st and 2nd of February, 2019, the First International World Music Heritage Competition was held in Moscow in the P.I.Yurgenson Music Library, the purpose of which was to give young participants a chance to try their hand and get an independent professional assessment of their skills. The competition …

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