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KEY RESULTS FOR 2014:

 

à About 1,000 expert commentaries published

 

à About 500 experts authored pieces

 

à The portal is a leading Russian expert resource in the field 

of international relations. The regular monthly audience 

of about 100,000 unique visitors equates to the traffic 

to resources of leading European and American analytical 

centres

 

à Social networking activities allowed to form a community 

of 15,000 subscribers throughout the world

 

à New formats – video and infographics – are being developed

 

à The RIAC blog community numbers about 150 authors. 

About 800 publications were made in blogs in 2014, 

more than half of which were on the portal’s international 

version. Bloggers from 31 countries are involved 

in this work. The most popular were the collective blogs 

of the Far Eastern Federal University and the Russian State 

University for the Humanities, Russian-Georgian relations, 

The Nordic Countries, The Migration Mosaic, Institutions 

and Competitions, Point of No Returns, Between East 

and West

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with leading figures from the Russian educational system, 

editors of foreign academic journals, themed digests of 

international publications. RIAC Sandbox project was 

launched, which allows young authors to write their first 

analytical articles with help from the Council’s editors

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RIAC WEBSITE

REFERENCE MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE

RIAC 

websIte

 

offeRs

 

RefeRenCe

 

mAteRIAls

 

on

 

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lAtest

 

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à The Library section offers the latest recommended Russian 

and international works on foreign affairs.

 

à At the end of 2014, our library listed more than 

800

 publications. Leading Russian experts provide reviews 

of the most interesting books.

 

à The international statistics and index database contains 

more than 90 sources of statistical data for use 

in international studies.

 

à The constantly updated E-Libraries section contains 

an annotated list of specialized electronic libraries offering 

quality collections of books on international relations 

and foreign policy.

 

à The E-Zines section contains links to websites of leading 

Russian and international magazines on international 

relations, foreign policy and national security strategy.

 

à The International Studies in Russia reference guide is 

an online version of a guide to Russian organizations 

and experts in the field of international relations. Located 

at 

Ir

.

ruSSIANcouNcIl

.

ru

, the guide contains biographical 

information about experts and summaries of the activities 

of the organizations involved. Population of the Migration 

Studies section of the guide was completed in 2014. 

This section contains data about 192 organizations 

and 258 experts. In 2015 the reference guide 

will be expanded with data on experts in the field of military 

and political research.

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216 000

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251 000

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MOST POPULAR ITEMS ON THE WEBSITE:

 

à Summary report on The Ukraine Crisis in Expert Commentaries

 

à International Statistics and Indexes database

 

à E-Zines database

 

à Shale Gas: What Does It Bring to Russia?

 

à Ukraine. The Underlying Political Reason for Economic Suicide

 

à Is War With America Possible?

 

à The Scale of Labour Migration to Russia

 

à The Map of Latin America in the 22nd Century

 

à Illegal Migration in Russia

 

à Space Prospects: The Agenda for the Next 100 Years

 

à The New Silk Road: The Strategic Interests of Russia and China

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B

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, t

AtyANA

 

Head of Integration Facilitation Department, 

Federal Migration Service of Russia

B

AZHANov

, e

vgeNy

 

Rector of the Diplomatic Academy  

of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  

of the Russian Federation

B

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Secretary General of the Collective Security 

Treaty Organization

B

urNS

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Director, Aspen Strategy Group

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General Director, PROVED

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Chief Operating Officer, EastWest Institute

D

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AtAlyA

 

Executive Director, Leader Business  

Practice Center

F

eDotov

, M

IKHAIl

 

Chairman, Russian Federation Presidential 

Council for Civil Society and Human Rights

H

ArMAN

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Director, Wilson Center

K

ABulov

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AMIr

 

Director, Second Asia Department,  

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian 

Federation

K

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NDreI

 

Permanent Representative of the Russian 

Federation, OSCE

K

HAleevA

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rINA

 

Rector, Moscow State Linguistic University

K

HoMyAKov

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AxIM

 

Vice-Rector for International Relations,  

Ural Federal University

K

IZIKurASHvIlI

, N

INo

 

Program Manager, International Centre  

on Conflict and Negotiation (Georgia)

K

uDryASHovA

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eleNA

 

Rector, Northern (Arctic) Federal University

l

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Director, Luzin Institute of Economic Problems, 

RAS Kola Science Centre

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Deputy Chairman of the State Duma

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of the Russian Federation

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Deputy Head, General Administration  

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Affairs of the Russian Federation

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Chairman, Committee for Foreign Relations 

and Implementation of Migration Policy, 

St Petersburg

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Chief of the Russian Presidential Foreign 

Policy Directorate

M

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lexeI

 

Head of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption 

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Chairman, A Just Russia political party

M

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Member of the Federation Council

M

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Ambassador of the Philippines to Russia

N

everov

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gor

 

Ambassador of the Russian Federation 

in Sweden

N

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rINA

 

Dean, International Relations Faculty, 

St Petersburg State University

o

Zerov

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Chairman, Federation Council Security 

and Defense Committee

P

ASHKo

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lADIMIr

 

Head of Main Administration for Service  

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of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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Director, Administrative Department  

of the Russian Federation Government

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs  

of the Russian Federation

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Executive Director, National Committee  

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Director, RAS Institute of Africa

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eleNA

 

Deputy Prime Minister of Kaliningrad Region

Z

HIrINovSKy

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lADIMIr

 

LDPR leader in the State Duma

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