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Eurasian Union: Waiting for synergy

12:19 04.03.2013 Vladimir Razuvayev

Eurasian Union: Waiting for synergy

There is an ongoing debate in the post-Soviet era countries on the prospect of the Eurasian Union. Even in those states, which do not intend to join in the near future, or even to join in the accession negotiations. This, of course, shows the importance of the problems of integration …

Not only gas: Italo-Russian relations at Ministry of Economic Development

17:08 27.02.2013

Not only gas: Italo-Russian relations at Ministry of Economic Development

On Thursday the 7th of March, the Ministry of Economic Development will host a conference on Italo-Russian economic relations. The event is organized by IsAG (Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy (Rome, 27/02/2013) The Institute of …

Back on Track to Normalcy Instead of Reset. In the Wake of Munich Conference

13:36 08.02.2013 Pyotr Iskenderov

Back on Track to Normalcy Instead of Reset. In the Wake of Munich Conference

The 49th Munich international security conference had some hidden obstacles. First of all, it took place at the time of utter uncertainty concerning the Syria’s situation. A solution requires close cooperation between the USA and Russia just exactly when the bilateral relations go through hard times. There were two major …

Intervention Fund

17:25 02.02.2013 Pyotr Iskenderov

Intervention Fund

The fund created by the European Union to "support democracy" in third world countries and neighboring countries continues to overgrow with new eloquent details. According to the European Commission, the European Foundation for Democracy (European Endowment for Democracy - EED) is designed to provide cash grants to journalists, bloggers, nonprofit …

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko: "The 21st Session of the APPF is a big step forward"

1:22 01.02.2013 Andrey Davydenko

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko: "The 21st Session of the APPF is a big step forward"

The 21th session of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Vladivostok became the most representative in the history of the Forum and closed with the adoption of a "package" of 14 resolutions on key political, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. During the plenary sessions, …

Brunei Darussalam Ratifies The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

21:03 14.01.2013

Brunei Darussalam Ratifies The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Vienna, 14 January 2013 Brunei Darussalam has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 158th country to do so. Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), welcomed the move: “This is not only a step towards a safer and more peaceful …

Russian helicopters in Mexico

15:00 29.11.2012 Yuri Nemtsev

Russian helicopters in Mexico

The day before Mexico`s National Navy Day, Mexico received another batch of Russian military helicopters. We are talking about a new delivery of the Mi-17V-5 model, which is made by the Kazan Helicopter Plant. The helicopters were delivered in accordance with a contract signed in December 2011, between the Russian …

Democracy in America today (I)

15:00 05.11.2012 Dmitry Minin

Democracy in America today (I)

Who has more rights to human rights?Washington believes that one of the achievements of its propaganda and diplomatic machinery was that after a meeting in Helsinki in 1975, they managed to make the so-called “third basket “which in the main placed emphasis on human rights. Decade after decade, the United …

The Battle of Borodino 1812

15:00 01.11.2012 Mark Rapley

The Battle of Borodino 1812

Victory and Failure The bi-centenial of the Battle of Borodino, which along with the great Patriotic War of 1941 to 1945, is one of the two great features of modern Russia’s historical identity, has prompted an understandable frisson of patriotic pride in the Russian nation. It is well deserved. The …

Secrets Behind September 11

15:00 11.09.2012 Nikolai Malishevski

Secrets Behind September 11

Surveys conducted across the US show thatthe majority of Americans, including senior citizens old enough to remember the US entry into World War II, regard the September, 11, 2001 drama as exceeding in historical importance the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Speaking of the latter, these days it is an open …

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