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Margarita Kononova

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Maria Merkulova

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Elena Suponina

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Pavel Kanevsky

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

Cameron Munter

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Carlyle A. Thayer

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Georgi Asatrian

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Joost Hiltermann

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Aleksandr Chepurin

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Evgeny Buzhinsky

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Pablo Stefanoni

Editor-in-Chief, Nueva Sociedad, Argentina

Irina Ahmed Zain Aidrous

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Valery Mikhailenko

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Pyotr Kortunov

Visiting Fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute, based in Yerevan

Konstantin Kuzmichev

Deputy Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA

Larisa Saveleva Dovgal

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Isabelle François

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Pavel Karasev

Research Fellow, MSU Institute of Information Security Issues

Kerim Has

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

Amit Bhandari

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

Zbigniew Iwanowski

Doctor of Political Science, Director of Center for Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Latin America, Professor of Global Processes Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Yelena Stoudneva

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Dmitry Tulupov

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Sergey Lavrov

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

Igor Okunev

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Nigyar Masumova

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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