Regional Centre for Development of Public Diplomacy and International Relations named after Yevgeniy M. Primakov

On December 20th, the representative of the E.M. Primakov Center, Guzaliya Shakurova, participated in a meeting of the Council for the Development of External Relations of the Samara Region. The working group members summarized the 2023 activities and drafted plans for the region’s international cooperation development in 2024. The meeting included presentations of the reports from the Department of External Relations of the Samara Region Governor’s Administration, the Ministry of Tourism of the Samara Region, the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Samara Region, the Samara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Togliatti Chamber of Commerce and Industry, …

Anastasia Tolstikova, a specialist of the Primakov Centre, took part in a meeting of the interdepartmental working group of the Samara Region Public Chamber on public diplomacy and international cooperation. Members of the working group discussed the development of humanitarian cooperation for the Samara Region in the new geopolitical environment, and also reviewed the plans for 2024, including interaction with compatriots living abroad and activities to promote the Russian language.

ORDER! We visited the British Parliament! Of course, it was a joke, but it felt like the Westminster Palace! The debates were dedicated to the topic: “Revolutions on the African continent: intervention or non-interference position“. Two teams fought equally to propose a way to ease political tensions in Africa. Albert Novikov, a second-year graduate student of the “Analysis and Expert Commentary on International Processes” at RGGU, served as the moderator. The jury chair was Associate Professor Tatiana A. Guralnik from the English Philology Department. And today’s meeting winner was the team… drum roll… The Government! Team composition: 1. Prime Minister …

On December 14, The Primakov Centre hosted the presentation of the documentary film “Black to USSR”, which was attended by the creator and director of the film Daria da Conceicao. Vitaly Roshchupkin, Director of the Primakov Center, and Irina Manueva, Head of the T.A. Ivanova Center for Russian Cinematography, addressed the students with a welcoming speech. The documentary project “Black to USSR”, filmed in Mozambique and South Africa, is dedicated to the fate of graduates of Soviet universities, many of whom played a prominent role in their countries. They remember their studies in Russia, sing Russian songs, follow the political …

On December 13, 2023, in the Primakov Centre, it’s still hot as the Africa Week continues. The concluding event of the second day was a lecture dedicated to the functioning mechanism of the Samara Interuniversity Model of the African Union. Coordinators Polina Nechetova and Anastasia Tolstikova shed light on the main organizational aspects of the upcoming meeting and discussed the rules and common mistakes in writing positions and resolutions. Remember, as representatives of countries, personal opinions starting with “I think” or “I believe” are unacceptable. Use such phrases as “Our country supports” or “We disagree with…”. Experts Andrey Chistyakov and …

On December 12, 2023, the Primakov Centre began the Africa Week, organized by the center in collaboration with the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The first day of the Africa Week was started with a welcome speech of Andrey A. Tokarev, Ph.D., Head of the Centre for Southern Africa Studies of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During his speech, he addressed the number of issues currently faced by the African Union, including the climate changes, the changes in power within the states (for example, the membership of Burkina Faso, …

The official opening of the exhibition “Ornaments of BRICS” took place in the Primakov Centre. The exposition was based on the materials provided by the The Russia-BRICS Project Office | BRICS Youth of the Ulyanovsk Region Creative Industries Fund. Kira Ivanova, the coordinator of the Russia-BRICS Project Office for International Youth Cooperation made a welcome speech. “During the organization of the exhibition we encountered some unexpected moments for ourselves. Firstly, since the word “ornament” in English also means “decoration”, most teams initially did not fully understand the task, which then had to be explained for a very long time. It …

A master class in Argentine tango was held at the IberAClub of the Primakov Centre. The Argentine Tango master class was conducted by the founder of the Argentine Tango School of A.Sukhov – Tango S – Alexander Sukhov. Steps, turns, pauses and decorations are all about tango. Argentine tango is a social dance, without learned choreography, based on improvisation and communication between partners. Everything that happens is born “here and now”. Therefore, it is very important that people accept and understand each other. Alexander told the story of tango, showed the main steps and interesting figures. The participants learned a …

The Primakov Centre hosted an online presentation of the second book in the series “Turkish Dialogues“ by outstanding researchers Evgeny Satanovsky and Ivan Starodubtsev entitled “Turkey between Russia and the West. World politics as it is – without tolerance and censorship.” In their work, the authors consider modern relations between Russia and Turkey, referring, of course, to their history. Ivan Starodubtsev’s immersion and involvement in life in Turkey allows him to witness many events, analyze what is happening taking into account culture, traditions and customs and give us a deeper understanding of the processes. Despite the remote connection, Ivan Starodubtsev …