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... journalists. The 2021 event, held in a hybrid online and in-person format, brought together about a thousand participants from seventy countries. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the participants of the session on relations between the European Union and Russia.
... Eurasian project. Only a common cross-continental approach would ensure the efficient implementation of decarbonization measures, which are of global rather than regional dimensions. Furthermore, joint efforts to combat climate change would bring the European Union and Eurasia, including Russia, closer. How will the Green Deal and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) affect Russian business? Over the past five years, Russia has launched quite a few initiatives targeting the decarbonization ...
We are neighbours. Russia is part of Greater Europe. The European Union is a major player in the European space, but it is not the whole of Europe, no matter how some of the EU leaders juggle this word Mr Minister, dear Augusto, Mr Ivanov, Colleagues, friends, Thank you for inviting me to this conference ...
... is an honour to be here today, among you. I understand that this RIAC conference is a hybrid one, with many still participating online. To all my warmest greetings. In a month’s time Portugal will be concluding its fourth rotating presidency of the European Union. The first one took place in 1992, the second in 2000 and the third in 2007. In this last one, Portugal proudly hosted a European Union Summit with Russia. Much has changed since then. At this moment we are still living in the context of ...
A review of “Global Quality of Democracy as Innovation Enabler: Measuring Democracy for Success” by David Campbell Book Review Mag. phil. Dr. phil. Campbell, David Friedrich James, PD (Privatdozent) . (2019). Global Quality of Democracy as Innovation Enabler. Measuring Democracy for Success. Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Growth. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 509 s ( https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319725284 and https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-72529-1...
New sanctions may turn out to be even more serious than the restrictive measures introduced last year in response to the situation around the presidential elections The detention in Belarus of a plane operated by the Irish company Ryanair has caused a sharp reaction in the US and the EU. The issue of expanding sanctions was again on the agenda. They may turn out to be even more serious than the restrictive measures introduced last year in response to the situation around the presidential elections...
... Katarina Gradic Rezan, Embassy Counsellor, visited Russian International Affairs Council. Slovenian diplomats discussed the possibilities for cooperation between RIAC and the embassy in the context of the upcoming Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2021. During the discussion, topical issues of international politics in the Western Balkans were also addressed.
... Antti Helantera, Finnish Ambassador to Russia. On May 14, 2021, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Antti Helantera, Finnish Ambassador to Russia. The conversation focused on the current state of relations between Russia and the European Union, security challenges in the Euro-Atlantic space, as well as the prospects for bilateral Russia-Finland cooperation. In addition, the priorities of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the pertinent tasks of the institutional ...
... measures against Moscow were proposed in previous resolutions as well. In some ways, their intention is consistent with American bills on “draconian sanctions”, such as DASKA: to designate a “lowest denominator” and possible measures that the European Union could potentially take. The threat of disconnection from SWIFT was the “icing on the cake”, which, as expected, was popular in the media success. However, the markets ignored the resolution of the European Parliament. There are several ...
... for Security and Justice, a Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence, at the University of Dundee. Christian has been invited expert for the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the European Parliament, the European Union Institute for Security Studies (an agency of the EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He is currently Editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, was also previously ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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