News archive on the topic "Kortunov"

Russia is not going to attack NATO, but all necessary measures have been taken to ensure the security of the Kaliningrad region in case of any developments on the part of Poland and the Baltic states. Participants at a press conference in Moscow spoke about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Given the geographical and geostrategic position of the Kaliningrad region, it is the most vulnerable in the event of a further escalation of the conflict between Russia and its Western...

Promises to resume US funding for Ukraine as early as March, made at the Munich Conference, are difficult to implement. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said a junior researcher at the Center for North American Studies at the IMEMO RAS. EAT. Primakova Anastasia Bunina. She noted that at the Munich Conference, the majority of US legislators were Democrats, and therefore their statements about the adoption of the document...

Ukraine intends to make efforts to resolve the conflict diplomatically on its territory. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated this in an interview with the Associated Press. He said that Kyiv intends to organize some kind of “peace summit” on the sidelines of the UN before the end of winter. At the same time, the Ukrainian minister made several confusing and unambiguous statements. So, he swaggers...

It cannot be ruled out that Serbia will eventually be forced to support anti-Russian restrictions imposed by the West. The Director General of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Andrei Kortunov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Currently, any scenario is possible. So the Serbs may accept sanctions, because Belgrade largely depends on the EU, there is trade between them...

After the entry of the LDPR, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia, negotiations with the Kyiv regime should be forgotten. This was reported by PolitNavigator correspondent and head of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov. “There is a precedent for the annexation of Crimea in 2014, which, as you know, was practically not recognized by anyone, including Russian partners in the CIS, China and the vast majority...

After the recent military successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Kiev regime and its allies believed that they could defeat Russia on the battlefield. This was stated by the Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Andrei Kortunov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “So far there have been no signs of a rapprochement of positions among the parties to the conflict themselves. But this does not mean that there are no prospects for solving some...

Supplies of Western weapons strengthen the Ukrainian army, but do not change the overall picture - the Russian Armed Forces continue, albeit slowly, but are moving forward. The director general of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Andrei Kortunov, comes to this conclusion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He recalls that these days in Poland they celebrated the date of the “miracle on the Vistula”, when the Red Army, which expelled the Polish...

If Ukraine violates the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which it has signed, it will face international sanctions. The head of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, assessing the speech of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who threatened to consider the Budapest Memorandum invalid if Ukraine does not receive security guarantees. “Zelensky’s statement is rather polemical. Because if Ukraine...

Despite the deterioration of relations between the EU and Russia, Europe remains the main center of gravity for a significant part of Russian society. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed in Kommersant by the General Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Andrei Kortunov. He draws attention to the fact that recent events create the appearance that Russia’s main foreign policy prospects should be sought not in Europe, but in...

We should expect intrigues from Western countries, led by the United States, during the Winter Olympics starting in Beijing. The Director General of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Andrei Kortunov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “While the Beijing Olympics may have a deterrent effect on the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict and other security crises, it cannot be ruled out that...

The United States does not have the ability to defend Kyiv in the event of a hypothetical Russian military invasion of Ukraine. The director general of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Andrei Kortunov, writes about this in Kommersant, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, assessing the latest online summit of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. The expert points out that the conversation turned out to be difficult for each of the parties. “Vladimir Putin is completely...

The presence of the Russian military near the border is a warning to Kyiv and at the same time to NATO, which has begun the military development of Ukrainian territory. The head of the Russian Council on International Affairs, Andrei Kortunov, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If all troop movements along the border are open and even demonstrative, it means there is no goal to carry out a sudden military action. We are talking about a signal that...

The Russian expert, who continued to travel to Kyiv after 2014, is now establishing contacts with the office of the self-proclaimed “leader of the Belarusian nation” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Tikhanovskaya’s adviser Franak Vyachorko said this on Eurorado, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We see that there is a desire on the part of certain non-political circles to communicate. Economist Kortunov took part in a discussion at the Belarusian Economic Forum,…

The G-20 summit held in Italy failed to overcome the crisis of mistrust between global players. The Valdai Club expert, General Director of the Russian International Affairs Council Andrei Kortunov writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He noted that on the eve of the GXNUMX summit, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated the need for trust among the main players in the world economy and...