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19/04/2013

Valdai Club Middle East Dialogue will Re-Convene in Morocco

4th annual conference of the Middle East Dialogue of the Valdai International Discussion Club, titled “Islam in Politics: Ideology or Pragmatism?”, will take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, on May 14-15.

12/03/2013

Valdai Club and Carleton University held a second joint conference

Issues of commonalities and differences in the Muslim communities of Russia and Canada, as well as problems of their integration into the legal frameworks of their respective countries, were the main topics of discussion at the conference Muslims in Russia, the CIS, and Canada: Cohabitation and Cooperation

01/03/2013

Valdai Club and Carleton University to make another joint project

The conference Muslims in Russia, the CIS, and Canada: Cohabitation and Cooperation presented by Carleton’ Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Department of Political Science, the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam, and the Valdai Discussion Club is to be held on March 8, 2013 at the Carleton University, Ottawa.

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Publications

11:33 24/01/2013
Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization

The analytical report “Russia’s Economy: after Transformation, before Modernization” was prepared after discussions at the Valdai Discussion Club Summit held on October 21–22, 2012. The report incorporates many of the conclusions on Russia’s political development contained in the 2011 Valdai report “Russia Should Not Miss Its Chance: Development Scenarios”.

17:00 08/11/2012
Valdai Index 2011-2012

Russia Development Index 2011-2012 (Valdai Index)

The Russia Development Index (Valdai Index) reflects the combined opinion of the world's leading experts on Russia as regards Russia’s political, economic, social, cultural and international performance. The annual poll aims to study changes in Russia’s development trends over a year. It is important that respondents assess not the current situation, but changes.

12:54 19/07/2012
Report Military Reform

Military Reform: Toward the New Look of the Russian Army

The analytical report “Military Reform: Toward the New Look of the Russian Army” summarizes the results of the conference of the Valdai Discussion Club Defense and Security section titled “Modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces and Cooperation in International Security” which was held on May 25-27, 2011 in Moscow.

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elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits China
Politics

Putin confirms: Russia stands with Europe

06/07/201210:50 Although not much progress has been made in Russian-EU relations in recent years, President Vladimir Putin’s decision to make Berlin and Paris among his first destinations abroad speaks volumes about where his foreign policy focus lies

http://valdaiclub.com/politics/44080.html
Informal CIS summit in Kremlin
USA

Behind Putin's G-8 Decision

05/17/201211:05 For Washington, Putin’s doubts about the G-8’s capacity to accomplish anything significant and his close relations with China should turn on the red light with regards to the hallowed U.S.-Russian “reset” policy.

http://valdaiclub.com/usa/42860.html
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev attend Victory Day parade
Politics

Medvedev Completed the Development of Putin’s System

05/12/201210:51 Dmitry Medvedev refused to run for reelection, which is reason to consider his rule from a psychological, rather than political angle.

http://valdaiclub.com/politics/42440.html
Poll

Which of Medvedev’s achievements during his presidency do you consider the most important?

04/26/201217:12

http://valdaiclub.com/poll/41700.html
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Rashid Temrezov, head of Karachayevo-Circassian Republic
Russia and the World

Eighth grade foreign policy

04/24/201211:15 Will Russia’s relations with the West under Vladimir Putin consist of doing business with people he likes and relying on Dmitry Medvedev to pass notes?

http://valdaiclub.com/russia_and_the_world/41561.html
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Chairman of Eurasian Economic Commission Board Viktor Khristenko
Politics

Protests aside, the people chose Putin

04/23/201212:46 Many Russians, who reasonably enough compare Russia with its neighbours and not with the West, still find this enough to support Putin. Above all, perhaps, the President has based much of his image for the past 12 years on the contrast with his predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

http://valdaiclub.com/politics/41500.html
President Dmitry Medvedev at G20 summit in Cannes
Europe

French election won’t harm relations with Russia

04/23/201210:02 ­When Nicolas Sarkozy became French president in 2007, Moscow was upset. With Sarkozy’s predecessor Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin shared similar views about the proper European and world order.

http://valdaiclub.com/europe/41484.html
Helene Carrere d’Encausse, permanent secretary of the French Academy, Sergey Karaganov, Foreign and Defense Policy Council president, Yelena Mikhailova, Vice President of the Republic of Yakutia (Sakha)
Russia and the World

Convergence the Other Way Round

04/20/201214:41 The ruling circles even in very developed and seemingly enlightened countries are doing God knows what! Suffice it to mention the behavior of the West which welcomes and connives at the overthrow of semi-democratic but secular Arab regimes and, at the same time, plays up to super-reactionary Sunni monarchies in the Gulf.

http://valdaiclub.com/russia_and_the_world/41440.html
Presidential elections in Moscow
Politics

Wind of Political Change in Russia

04/18/201211:29 The party in power may start pondering whether it should replace a weak candidate with a stronger and more promising one. They could respond with a campaign strategy of their own.

http://valdaiclub.com/politics/41341.html
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs meeting on motor industry development at AvtoVAZ car plant
Politics

Putin looks to reprise his familiar role on world stage

04/05/201210:30 Upholding the rule of international law and defending Russia’s interests are as crucial to Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy today as they were 12 years ago.

http://valdaiclub.com/politics/40840.html
 
 
 


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