On February, 9 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held the press-conference in the media centre of Rossiya Segodnya news agency, dedicated to the main trends and the prospects for the development of the post-Soviet space. The event was timed for the 25
th
anniversary of the Soviet Union dissolution and the formation of new independent states on its territory.
RIAC members and experts discussed the current situation in the former Soviet Union countries, political and economic prospects...
The CIS election observation mission suggested elaborating common election observation approaches to its counterparts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, head of the CIS mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Belarus ...
The transformation of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a natural process, Chairman of the Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev told reporters on 7 June after the CIS Heads of Government Council meeting, BelTA has learned.
“We had a candid and detailed discussion of issues related to the adaptation of the CIS to the realities of today's ...
A CIS Foreign Ministers Council took place on April 8, 2016. The event went virtually unnoticed in the media and the expert community. However, the meeting could influence the subsequent development of the post-Soviet space significantly, as the issues ...
The interaction between Belarus and Russia within the framework of the Belarus-Russia Union State underpins the cooperation between the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said after his meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov, BelTA has learned.
“This axis – Russia-Belarus – serves as a kind of a linchpin ...
Russia in Eurasia: SWOT Analysis
Russia and Eurasia: Main Trends
The Eurasian vector is one of the key areas of Russian foreign policy today. Partnerships with major Asia-Pacific and South Asian countries, as well as cooperation with the CIS countries, has traditionally been a Russian priority. That priority has become more pronounced in recent years. It is manifested above all in the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an international association of five former Soviet economies: ...
The meeting of CIS heads of state held in Kazakhstan on 16 October 2015 drew attention with its multilateral format, which has long been the subject of the phrase “either good or nothing.”
In both Russia and other post-Soviet states, the Commonwealth is ...
Interviews with Oleg Alexandrov and Yulia Yakusheva
The agenda of the CIS Heads of Government Summit that will take place on 21 November 2014 features a wide range of economic, military-technical and humanitarian issues and the creation of the CIS Free Trade Zone. The Ukrainian crisis is not on the agenda, but it may be ...
... Political Scientists held by the North-South Political Science Center, Information and Analysis Center for Socio-Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space at Moscow State University and Intergovernmental Foundation for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS Countries.
With the project designed as a discussion platform for exchanges between political scientists, historians, journalists and economists of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) states, the recent conference was made of a series panels, lectures ...
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Individually, there have been certain nuances in each of the countries’ positions.
Official Warsaw has actively supported the Maidan from day one and has since demonstrated the greatest activity concerning Ukraine’s affairs. After the 2 March decision by Russia’s Federation Council, Radosław Sikorski called the events in Crimea “a dangerous game capable of sparking regional conflicts”. On a visit to Turkey, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski called the referendum in Crimea ...
