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Russia’s ‘High-Precision Policy’ in the Middle East Makes It an Increasingly Important Player in Regional Processes
On February 13, 2018, the Valdai Discussion Club held a briefing for journalists on the eve of its conference “Russia in the Middle East: Playing on All Fields”. The speakers – Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, and Vitaly Naumkin, Academic Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences – talked about the tasks of the conference and shared their vision of Russia’s role in the Middle East.