... 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 development of this organization were addressed.
... market, including energy, construction, information and communication, financial, food and other sectors of Finnish business.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Matthew Rojansky and Antti Helantera, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland to Russia; addressed the participants. The following issues were discussed: possible shifts in Russia-the U.S. relations in the context of the change in presidential leadership in Washington, the possibility of restoring dialog between Moscow and the European ...
... transferred the chairmanship to Finland, the emphasis was on improved connectivity, which links two of the priority areas that Finland highlighted — connectivity and education. As numerous human activities are increasingly being in place in the Arctic,... ... communication cable conceived already in 2018 by a consortium of Finnish infrastructure company led by Cinia, to which companies from Russia and Japan are currently involved. The expected construction will potentially take place between 2022 and 2023.
In May 2019,...
... focused on the current challenges in relations between Russia and Europe, the future of transatlantic relations in the context of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, as well as the opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Russia and Finland. Andrey Kortunov informed Finnish diplomats about current RIAC projects and plans on the Baltic and Arctic vectors of research.
... Director General, had a meeting with Mikko Hautala, Ambassador of Finland to Russia
On July 17, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Mikko Hautala, Ambassador of Finland to Russia.
The discussion touched upon topical issues of Russia-Finland relations, as well as relations between Russia and the European Union. The representative of Finland was informed about the current RIAC projects related to security in the Baltic region and multilateral international cooperation in the Arctic....
... different concepts and perceptions related to hybrid threats, the approaches to countering hybrid threats in the EU and Russia, and also how and when the EU and Russia could exchange information about hybrid threats.
The seminar was attended by experts from Russia and the EU, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and experts from the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.
RIAC was represented by Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs, and Natalya Vyakhireva, Program Manager.
On December 16, 2019, at the Embassy of Finland to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, met with Jukka Siukosaari, Head of Cabinet and Secretary General, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland, visiting Moscow; Petri Hakkarainen, Foreign Policy Adviser and Member of the Cabinet ...
On November 18, 2019, the Board of Directors of East Office of Finnish Industries, uniting 25 leading industrial corporations of Finland with a total of more than EUR 10 billion investment in Russia, met in Moscow.
On November 18, 2019, the Board of Directors of East Office of Finnish Industries, uniting 25 leading industrial corporations of Finland with a total of more than EUR 10 billion investment in Russia, met in Moscow.
Andrey Kortunov,...
On November 13, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council, the Embassy of Finland to Russia, and the Delegation of the European Union to Russia held a joint seminar “EU–Russia Relations in the Context of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU”.
On November 13, 2019, Russian International Affairs Council, the Embassy of ...
On July 29, 2019, Alexei Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member, and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with a group of European diplomats, including ambassadors from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, at the Belgian Embassy in Moscow.
On July 29,...
