Ahead of the scheduled Russian-Indian naval exercises, in which the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will take part, Tatiana Shaumyan, director of the Center for Indian Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies, discusses the state of Russian-Indian relations and the prospects for defence cooperation between the two countries. Interview by Igor Chekunov.

// Aug. 11, 2010 - 09:10 GMT

Could the two imprisoned American journalists become pawns in a political game of Pyongyang? What steps should we expect from Washington? RIA Novosti sought the opinion of Dr. James L. Schoff, Associate Director of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.

// Jun. 09, 2009 - 16:17 GMT