Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented state awards to foreign citizens, who have made notable contributions to the development of bilateral relations with Russia in the fields of education and culture.
// Jun. 27, 2011 - 08:41 GMT
Russia and France have announced the deal to buy a French helicopter carrier Mistral. Is that a sign of the new way of russian Armed Forces? How is rearmament concept looks like? Chief editor of RussiaProfile.org Andrei Zolotov Jr. talks to Alexander Golts â“ prominent Russian military analyst and deputy editor-in-chief of the news website ej.ru </p>
// Jan. 24, 2011 - 10:01 GMT
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula recently led to one of the largest armed clashes between North and South Korea in the past 50 years. Will this conflict evolve into something more serious? Can the international community prevent such conflicts in the future? Konstantin Asmolov, senior researcher at the Center for Korean Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciencesâ™ Institute of Far Eastern Studies, shares his views on future relations between North and South Korea. </p>
// Dec. 01, 2010 - 09:23 GMT
The Skolkovo Innovation Center is the largest project in contemporary Russia focused on developing the countryâ™s research and technology capacity. In this interview with RIA Novostiâ™s Samir Shakhbaz, Anatoly Alexandrov, rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, shares his views of the projectâ™s prospects and difficulties, compares this innovation center to Silicon Valley and discusses major joint projects between Skolkovo and his university. </p>
// Sep. 14, 2010 - 07:49 GMT
U.S. President Barack Obama is making good on his promise: Washington is currently on track to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. In what state will the United States leave Iraq? Dr. Alexander Shumilin (Ph.D. in History) heads the Center for Middle East Conflict Analysis at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. In an interview with Samir Shakhbaz, he speaks about the consequences of the more than seven-year presence of American troops in Iraq.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 08:30 GMT
Alexander Sharavin is director of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis and one of Russiaâ™s best-known military experts. In a conversation with Andrei Zolotov, Jr., editor-in-chief of RussiaProfile.org, Sharavin speaks about the consequences of the Russian-Georgian military conflict for security in the Caucasus, Georgian-Russian relations, the development of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and not least the Russian armed forces. </p>
// Aug. 30, 2010 - 08:29 GMT