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Irina Zvyagelskaya
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Pavel Zolotaryov
Sergey Zilitinkevich
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Boris Perius Zabolotsky
Natalia Zhiglinskaya Wyrsch
Andrei Zolotov
Andrei Zolotov
Russian Federation
Vienna Bureau Chief, Russian News and Information Agency RIA Novosti.



Previous positions: Deputy Director, Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti International Service. Editor-in-Chief, Russia Profile; Moscow Bureau manager, The Christian Science Monitor (1994-1996). Staff writer, The Moscow Times (1997-2003). Moscow correspondent, Ecumenical News International (1995-2003). Since 2003, has developed and run Russia Profile – originally print and online maga­zine, which since 2009 has moved entirely to the web.



Research interests: Religion and politics, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian media.



Author of over 1,000 articles in various publications.
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The Intrigue Behind the Hungarian Nuclear Deal
Only a small group of people knew that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was going to Moscow on January 14, and that he would sign a strategic deal following his meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Hungary has been preparing the deal for the past five years amid fierce political debates about the future of its power industry.
20.01.2014
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Dialogue About the Dialogue in a Monastery Setting
The entire Valdai Discussion Club moved Tuesday to the newly restored Valdai Monastery, which provided a historical setting to discuss inter-religious and inter-ethnic dialogue. In the morning session, official representatives of Russia’s leading religions – Orthodox Christianity, Islam and Judaism offered their perspectives.
18.09.2013
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Putin Squares Off with Valdai Experts on Economy, Pussy Riot
If there had been any expectations among Russia watchers of “a new Putin” coming back to the presidential office after the elections, they must have been finally put to rest after the Russian president’s meeting on Thursday with a group of political scientists and economic experts known as the Valdai Club.
26.10.2012
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Valdai Experts Lament Poor Institutions in Russia
Lack of efficient institutions and the political will to reform them were the buzzwords among the strategists and experts in economics and public policy at the Valdai Club’s 9th annual conference on Russia’s trajectory.
24.10.2012
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Putin Dismissed Pessimistic Scenarios, While Promising Vague Reforms
The Russian prime minister rejected what he described as “alarmist scenarios” offered by the experts, who came from around the world to debate on Russia at the annual Valdai Discussion Club.
12.11.2011
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