This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship ...
... was the venue of the final seminar under the Helsinki+40 project held to discuss the
final version of the report
compiled on the basis of debates and analytical materials produced by think tanks during the project period.
The event was attended by OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva, OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver, GMF Senior Vice President Ivan Vejvoda, Director of Swedish Institute of International Affairs Mats Karlsson, RIAC member Professor Andrey Zagorsky of MGIMO-University, Director ...