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Brazilians also want to come to Sochi

13:00 16.02.2013 Alexander Moiseyev

Brazilians also want to come to Sochi

What sports do we associate with the giant tropical nation of Brazil? In first place, of course, is football. Also volleyball, basketball, Formula 1 and other types of racing. Also beach volleyball and beach football, mini-football, futsal, martial arts, wrestling, capoeira, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed styles.... And, yet, "tropical" Brazilian …

Language and Geopolitics

0:44 16.02.2013 Vladislav Gulevich

Language and Geopolitics

They say that war is the continuation of politics only by other means. It is equally true that language is a continuation of politics, and the ancient Roman proverb, "who rules, creates the religion" can be safely reinterpreted, saying "who rules, creates the language." The intellectual image of a country …

A date with another Nicaragua

0:08 21.01.2013 Alexander Moiseyev

A date with another Nicaragua

Moscow - Managua - Moscow I am walking through Managua ... and I still cannot believe that the last time we met was 20 years ago. And all around me it is not the same Nicaragua, with which I once had many journalistic dates; it is a completely different country. …

Tomatoes from Morocco

16:49 17.01.2013 Sergey Filatov

Tomatoes from Morocco

Moscow-Morocco-Moscow Photo by author Such was the destiny of this correspondent’s duties that I was to travel to Morocco on a regular basis over the years, and oranges along with Tangier no longer induce in me such a severe emotional reaction. Over the years the borders have opened, and now …

Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

16:52 16.01.2013 Vladislav Gulevich

Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

In Athens on January 7th, 2013, the 70th anniversary of the execution by the Nazis of British intelligence agent number 033V, Jerzy Ivanov-Šainović, was solemnly marked. This man's name is known to almost every Pole and Greek, but it is unknown in Russia. He was an extraordinary man: multilingual (he …

Russia Opens the Year of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

16:53 04.07.2012 Alexander Moiseyev

Russia Opens the Year of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Acclaimed Columbian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez turns 85 The Year of Márquez was inaugurated in Moscow at a ceremony held at the Cervantes Institute in connection with the birthday of the author to whom the readership has long granted the classic status. The agenda for the …

NATO Switches to Smart Defense

16:54 23.05.2012 Sergey Filatov

NATO Switches to Smart Defense

The May 20-21, 2012 NATO summit which convened in Chicago, announced the Alliance's strategic turn to defense on the worldwide scale. The forum further rolled out the smart defense concept which, as NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen explained, implies 'a renewed culture of cooperation'1. The alliance, according to its Secretary …

J.F.Bertonha: US Hegemony Waning in South America?

16:54 16.05.2012 Andrey Davydenko

J.F.Bertonha: US Hegemony Waning in South America?

Negocios Estrangeiros is a journal of the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal with a reputation for geopolitics analysis and insights into Portuguese foreign policy, external economic relations, and cultural activities worldwide. Two issues of Negocios Estrangeiros are released annually and offer opinion pieces in Portuguese …

Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?

16:56 20.04.2012 Vladislav Gulevich

Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?

The first round of the presidential election will take place in France on April, 22, 2012. If the second round is necessary, it’s scheduled on May, 6, 2012. Socialist François Hollande lays claim to the laurels of French president in power. Time will show, who will govern France after the …

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