The international conference “Back to the Cold War or Forward to a Stable Relationship? Political and Energy Relations between Russia and the West in the Black Sea” was held in Athens on January 22–23. The event was organized by the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy and was attended by around 70 experts, diplomats, government officials, journalists and heads of public organizations from across Europe.
The international conference “Back to the Cold War or Forward to a Stable Relationship? Political and Energy Relations between Russia and the West in the Black Sea” was held in Athens on January 22–23. The event was organized by the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy and was attended by around 70 experts, diplomats, government officials, journalists and heads of public organizations from across Europe.
RIAC Member and Director of the Institute of Europe in Moscow Alexey Gromyko, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov, RIAC Member and Russian representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, and RIAC expert and Head of the Department on European Political Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nadezhda Arbatova all gave speeches at the conference.
The RIAC representatives and their Greek partners discussed ideas for further cooperation as part of a joint project on bilateral relations.