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A meeting between RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Masud Marvi, Adviser to the Staff of Iranian Vice President for Science and Technologies, took place at RIAC on 26 August 2014. The parties discussed Russian-Iranian scientific cooperation in the field of oil and gas extraction, the impact of sanctions on a country’s development, ...
The Caliphate Threat Counteracting the attempts of the Islamic State group to seize Iraq has become a test case for possible U.S.-Iranian cooperation. And this test case has, by and large, failed. The idea of a ”major deal” struck between the United States and Iran has recently been losing support. This is partly due to the fact that U.S.-Iranian talks on the nuclear ...
Iran has no intentions of abandoning its efforts to develop nuclear energy With negotiations concerning Iran’s “nuclear dossier” moving forward – negotiations that should lead to the lifting of sanctions against the country in ...
... littoral (Maghreb) and Egypt. Some businessmen and government officials of Middle Eastern heritage in Venezuela started pushing for an OPEC organization to countervail the U.S. dominated “Seven Sisters” oil cartel as early as 1949, as did Iran. By the time a “third generation” of the BRICS replaces the second one will the organization have in place a tenable menu of strategic coordination options to accommodate and mediate the interests of Islam and Islamists? Should it? ...
When ISIL – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – announced its independence from Al Qaeda in February 2014, most analysts understood such a divorce within the Islamic radical family as a clear sign of the group disintegration along contradictory terror narratives. More fundamental in its view than its sister group in Syria, Al Nusra, ISIL has advocated a harsher stance against those it labelled the “enemies of Islam”, seeking not to negotiate but to annihilate. A...
On June 19, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council held the roundtable "Russia-Iran Relations in the Context of Current Global and Regional Problems" timed to the visit of Dr. Hadi Suleimanpur , Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran at Head of International Training and Research Center at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Russian ...
RIAC's team of experts has prepared an analysis of current Russian-Iranian relations in order to identify factors which facilitate collaboration, to highlight reasons that might constrain or impede bilateral relations, and to assess prospects for future cooperation. There are good reasons today for the choice of subject ...
... mechanism for imposing a moratorium on catching sturgeon. According to official statements, the negotiations only made headway on environmental issues (such as conserving the sturgeon population). In addition, the “Caspian Five” (Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan) reaffirmed the principle of Caspian states’ non-interference in regional affairs. As far as I can gather, no progress has been achieved on the main problem, i.e. agreeing spheres of influence. And ...
VIENNA (Tasnim) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov voiced his country's willingness to learn from Iran's experience in dealing with Western sanctions against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian team of negotiators in the new round of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world ...
... then there is its military-political significance, as Caspian waters sweep the shores of Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The coastlines of littoral states vary in length, with that of Kazakhstan reaching 2,320 km, Turkmenistan – 1,200 km, Iran – 900 km, Azerbaijan – 85 km, and Russia – 700 km. But the Caspian coast is also uneven, with some sources putting the Russian part at 1,460 km and Iran’s at 720 km. Dr. Sazhin, how would you describe the agreements reached ...
| 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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