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On March 11, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a conference “Extra-Regional actors in the Middle East” On March 11, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a conference “Extra-Regional actors in the Middle East”. The ...
... the EU foreign policy chief, said on X after the Trump-Zelensky confrontation: “Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader.” Many are entitled to think that her emotion is driven by her country, Estonia’s, animosity towards Russia. Looking back, European Union’s original love of peace, cooperation and democracy is being questioned. A prime example is the cancellation in Romania of Calin Georgescu’s massive election victory, followed by his arrest and being charged , inter alia , with incitement ...
... Ukraine as a political project owes its existence to America. Particularly resonant was the public reprimand delivered by the US President and Vice President to the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office. Although the end of the military conflict with Russia remains uncertain, the events in the White House provide an opportunity to reflect on the results of the past three years and earlier stages of Ukraine’s post-Soviet history. These results can be framed as a balance of gains and losses. Ivan ...
... monitoring compliance with sanctions, as was the case with the list of “high-priority items”. As a result, one of the problems with the dynamic expansion and development of EU law enforcement practice in the field of ensuring compliance with anti-Russian restrictions is that the European Union’s coercive measures no longer act as an alternative to secondary sanctions. On the contrary, administrative and criminal prosecution can be combined with the use of secondary restrictions, which creates additional risks for European businesses ...
... attacking the Georgian state from an unexpected angle. Lessons in Apoliticality Andrey Petrov: Georgia in a New World: Between Russia and the West Georgian Dream’s focus on domestic political stability and the apolitical nature of its informal leader ... ... foreign policy agenda. The party took a page from the UNM’s book when it came to Georgia’s comprehensive integration into the European Union and NATO and shared its predecessor’s view that Abkhazia and South Ossetia were parts of Georgian territory. ...
... indicate India’s desire to take a more proactive position in European affairs, or does it show how India’s policy of strategic autonomy has reached its limits following Modi’s warm reception in Moscow on June 8? Alexey Kupriyanov: New Agenda of Russia-India Relations Growing Interest in Peace Since early 2024, right up to Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk in early August of this year, Moscow had—or as some argue, still has—the upper hand in the situation in Ukraine. In turn, this weakened ...
... History of Central and Southeast Europe of the RAS Institute of Slavic Studies Abstracts Ekaterina Entina The appointment of the new government in Serbia is not expected to bring any surprises. It is likely to be formed as in previous years, with both pro-Russian and pro-Western politicians. France does not seek to curb the sway of the U.S. in the Balkans or in Europe but aims to increase its own influence. Paris needs to make up for the loss of face it suffered from Russia in the Middle East and in Africa....
... recent visit of Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan showed, the movement in this direction has not stopped. Second, while the focus of geopolitical confrontation between the West (the U.S. and its EU allies) and Russia has shifted from the Caucasus to the Middle East and Ukraine since 2014-2015, this region remains among the most turbulent in the post-Soviet space. In the last four years alone, the status quo has changed twice in this part of Eurasia. As a result ...
The latest wave of sanctions does not bring qualitative changes—their impact on the Russian economy and its relations with foreign partners is unlikely to be fundamental Amid the second anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine, a number of Western countries and associations launched a new set of sanctions ...
... clearly discriminatory and are not characteristic of a modern democratic society. 1 . Voinikov V.V. Restrictions on the Entry of Russian Citizens to EU Member States: Political and Legal Aspects. Contemporary Europe, 2023, No. 3, p. 20-32 DOI: 10.31857/S0201708323030026 ... ... restrictive measures as an area of crime that meets the criteria specified in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. OJ L 308, 29.11.2022, p. 18–21
| 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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