Valdai Club

Yevgeny Primakov

Nicu Popescu

Lidiya Parkhomchik

Dmitry Poletaev

Eduardo Pedrosa

Cyril Prinsloo

Stanislav Pritchin

Viktoria Panova

Evgeniy Perevodchikov

Alexei Pushkov

Russian Federation

Chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee

Previous positions: Anchor and author, Postscriptum political show, “TV_Center” Company; Professor, MGIMO University.

Materials

Poroshenko Must End Hostilities in Ukraine’s South-East

Russia suggested establishing an inter-parliamentary contact group under the auspices of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to discuss ways to overcome the crisis in Ukraine, as the situation demands an international solution.

Russia’s European Policy

One of the Council of Europe’s goals is to create a united European space, and Russia is definitely a key participant in this work. PACE has reached a turning point in its history, and everything will now depend on which direction it takes. It can grow into a pan-European organization, in which case its influence will grow, or it can decline into a mere branch of the EU.

“De-Stalinization” Program Means Complete Revision of the Russian History

Russia doesn’t need a complete revision of its history and its past; we need to deal with problems of today and tomorrow. These problems are not derived from the Stalin’s time, they are generated by the dissolution of a previously united country, by corruption and criminal capitalism.