Valdai Club

Tomoo Kikuchi

Ulugbek Khasanov

Sergey Kravchenko

Alexander Korolev

Daria Kazarinova

Julia Kusznir

Alexei Konovalov

Zohreh Khanmohammadi

Andrei Korobkov

Artyom Kureev

Russian Federation

Former Expert of the Center for Economic and Socio-Cultural Development Studies of the CIS and Central Europe.

Materials

American Drones in Poland: Tensions Rise on Russia’s Borders

Everyone can be happy. Washington exports the promised security, Warsaw shows concern for the country’s defence, Moscow will soon be able to test its ability to effectively counter MQ-9 reconnaissance missions. Unfortunately, it all happens at the cost of another increase of tension at the Russian borders.

Situation in Moldova: No ‘Maidan’ Will Happen

The conflict between the Democratic Party of Moldova, headed by oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, and the new coalition government is interesting by itself, because up to now it is developing exclusively in a political framework. The Ukrainian-style Maidan most likely will not happen in Moldova.

Zelensky the Victor: Hopes and Reality

The elections to the Rada will revolve around the policies Zelensky implements during the first stage of his tenure in office, if he wants to control the country. What does he need for this? First, he must portray himself as a fighter for justice – that is, by all means, initiating proceedings against some of the most corrupt officials, and punishing those responsible for total theft in the armed forces.