Valdai Club

Apostolos Veizis

Alexei Vasiliev

Viljar Veebel

Matteo Villa

Alexander Vorontsov

Sergey Veselovsky

Alexei D. Voskressenski

Anatoly Vishnevsky

Ksenia Vlasova

Natalya Vyakhireva

Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Expert and Program Manager of the RIAC

Materials

On Pause: Dialogue with Russia in the Arctic

Any approach to regional cooperation in the Arctic that excludes Russian involvement in the long term will be difficult. However, according to some Western analysts, if the nature of Russian policy does not change, the continuation of cooperation with Russia within the framework of the Arctic Council over the long term will be problematic, writes Natalya Vyakhireva, Expert and Program Manager of the RIAC.

Early Elections in Canada: Will the Fourth Wave Get in the Way?

The on-going pandemic will change the electoral process. In the event of a fourth wave, priority will be given to postal voting. Liberal analysts are concerned that the registration process to submit ballots by mail could stop their supporters from voting, thereby undermining Trudeau’s drive to reclaim a majority government, writes Natalya Vyakhireva, Expert and Program Manager of the Russian International Affairs Council.