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No need to worry about Russia-India relations
RD Interview: Former Russian Ambassador to India Vyacheslav Trubnikov discusses the results of Putin’s talks with India’s Prime Minister and explains why he is enthusiastic about the way the...
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The Russian Far East looks to the American West for inspiration
RD Interview: Yaroslav Lissovolik, the Eurasian Development Bank’s chief economist, discusses the prospects for the development of Russia’s Far East into an important economic and technological hub in...
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The crisis of European identity and rapprochement with Russia
RD Interview: Russia’s Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov talks about the crisis in Europe, national sovereignty and the nature of Russia-EU relations.
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Tapping into the investment potential of Russia's Far East
RD Interview: Alexei Chekunkov, general director of the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund, sheds light on the challenges and opportunities ahead for investors in Russia’s Far East.
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Trump's presidency and the future of US-Russia relations
With Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency in surprising fashion, Russia Direct sat down with Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dmitri Trenin to discuss the implications of his presidency for...
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The key concerns of Russian foreign policy heading into 2017
RD Interview: Chatham House expert James Sherr explains how a variety of global crises, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine, are impacting Russian foreign policy. One big variable to consider:...
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Russia's relations with the West, through a neorealist filter
RD Interview: University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer talks about the U.S., Russia and China and how relations among them matter for the international order.
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Russia and Austria, looking beyond sanctions
RD Interview: Russian Ambassador to Austria Dmitry Lyubinsky discusses relations between Moscow and Vienna, as well as between Russia and the EU.
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Hawks vs. doves: Who will dominate in the Kremlin before the 2018 elections?
RD Interview: Carnegie Moscow Center’s Andrei Kolesnikov discusses the links between the 2016 parliamentary and 2018 presidential elections, focusing on Russia’s political future and the ongoing...
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Does Putin really intend to restore the Soviet Union?
RD Interview: Professor Richard Sakwa from the University of Kent talks about Russia’s foreign policy and explains why Russia is creating alternative regional institutions such as the Eurasian...
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Trump's presidency through the lens of a Russian political consultant
RD Interview: Evgeny Minchenko, one of the independent observers during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, discusses Trump’s future team and the probable impact of his upcoming presidency on...
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Russia and the West, trapped by their own double standards
RD Interview: Andrei Kortunov, general director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), discusses why Russia and the West continue to fall back on double standards when explaining their...
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For Russia, nuclear security is not the same as nuclear disarmament
RD Interview: Russia‘s chief diplomat for non-proliferation and arms control, Mikhail Ulyanov, discusses the most important problems that could impact future nuclear security talks involving Russia...
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Russia's foreign policy in 2016 as seen by an American professor
RD Interview: Stephen Holmes from New York University discusses the challenges and results of the Kremlin’s foreign policy in 2016.
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In 2017, stopping hostilities in Ukraine is now a matter of political will
Interview: Alexander Hug of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine discusses the current situation in the war-torn nation, focusing on the need to avert a large-scale humanitarian...
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What kind of Russia should the West fear?
RD Interview: Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Moscow Center explains how current misguided perceptions in both the United States and Russia could lead to a dangerous new geopolitical reality.
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Can Russia's economy finally turn the corner in 2017?
RD Interview: Kendrick White of Marchmont Capital Partners discusses the potential obstacles ahead for Russia’s economic growth, including factors that might weaken global energy prices
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Why does the Nagorno-Karabakh referendum matter for Russia?
Russia Direct sat down with Alexander Skakov, an expert from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), to discuss the implications of the Feb. 20 referendum in the...
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