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Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

11:53 12.01.2024 Maria Kolesnikova

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

On January 5-6, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Turkey. The results of the two-day visit did not receive much media coverage though. The topics discussed included the situation in Gaza, the Ukrainian conflict, trade, investments and security relations between the two countries and, of course, Ankara's support for …

Reasons for the West’s Hatred of Russia

11:45 12.01.2024 Yury Sayamov

Reasons for the West’s Hatred of Russia

Russia as a state and civilization and Russian statehood as an institution have acted for centuries as system-forming factors of the world order. They have, at various times, exerted influence of varying intensity and significance on the shape, character, and content of international relations, while also being influenced by them. …

Polish dispute over Operation Vistula – what for?

11:41 11.01.2024 Vladislav Gulevich

Polish dispute over Operation Vistula – what for?

Prosecutor’s Office of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) has stopped the inquiry into a criminal case on Operation Vistula of 1947, in which thousands of Ukrainians and Lemkos were forcibly resettled from the eastern regions of the Polish People’s Republic to western areas with a view to neutralize …

2023 – Lessons the world community can learn from the Ukrainian crisis

11:24 10.01.2024 Denis Baturin

2023 – Lessons the world community can learn from the Ukrainian crisis

The Ukrainian crisis is changing the world, and the consequences of these changes have not yet fully manifested themselves and are not all visible either. Some conclusions and assumptions can already be made, though. The role of the information factor keeps growing on all sides of the conflict, affecting both …

The nuclear threat to the world is multifaceted. Where does it really come from?

10:53 05.01.2024 Vladimir Kozin

The nuclear threat to the world is multifaceted. Where does it really come from?

On December 27, 2023, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists posted a brief commentary by François Diaz-Maurin, associate editor for nuclear affairs of this edition, entitled "The nuclear year in review: A renewed interest in nuclear weapons – for and against". In it, he unjustifiably recalled that Russia was allegedly …

Russia and Africa: Old Friends and New Opportunities. Results of the Second Russia-Africa Summit

16:14 28.12.2023 Galina Sidorova

Russia and Africa: Old Friends and New Opportunities. Results of the Second Russia-Africa Summit

The holding of the second Russia-Africa Summit in July 2023 in St. Petersburg amid the tough confrontation between the West and Russia was a true feat of Russian diplomacy. The preparation of such a large- scale and significant event required a lot of effort from Russian foreign policy officials. Consistently …

Evolution of the World Order and Russia’s Ideas About the Outside World

12:06 28.12.2023 Alexey Bogaturov , Olga Lebedeva

Evolution of the World Order and Russia’s Ideas About the Outside World

THE idea of the outside world and the role that Russia plays in it has undergone radical changes in Moscow’s official worldviews since 2014. The degradation of the international security situation indicates a deep crisis in the existing world order, which was formed in the spirit of the US’s unipolar …

BRICS as a Symbol of the New World

11:58 28.12.2023 Andrey Davydenko

BRICS as a Symbol of the New World

En route to the African continent, those of us on the special flight of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made forecasts about what would happen at the summit in Johannesburg, how BRICS expansion would unfold, which countries would join the Big Five, and how many. After the IL-96 aircraft of …

Ukraine: sociology and reality

15:37 14.12.2023 Denis Baturin

Ukraine: sociology and reality

According to the results of a sociological survey which was conducted by the group “Rating” (Ukraine), 44% of Ukrainians signal readiness for compromise at talks with Russia, more than 50% of respondents said so in the east of the country.[i] 48% call for waiving talks in favor of fighting until …

West bitterly divided over proposed confiscation of Russian assets

11:47 12.12.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

West bitterly divided over proposed confiscation of Russian assets

According to a Bloomberg report, by mid-December, just ahead of the EU summit the European Commission plans to unveil a “plan for the use” of Russian Central Bank’s assets frozen in the EU countries after February 2022. Statements about the desire or intention to use these funds, or part of …

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