Some fruitful policy meetings in #Japan .
Bilaterals, #US , #China on the agenda.

My latest on how we came to love the Cold War paradigm and on the exhausted agenda of #US - #Russia relations in PIR Center's Security Index Yearbook 2024-2025
pircenter.org/en/editions/se…

Good meeting МГИМО with distinguished Dr. Naeem Salik of Strategic Vision Institute & Zafar Khan of Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN). Look forward to further professional engagements.

Traveled to #Algeria for productive meetings at leading think tanks and academia. Plenty to digest from country impressions to policy discussions.

TIME's new cover: How tech companies are turning Ukraine into a war lab ti.me/3SxrPQH

Had very useful interactions on major global issues and also on bilateral research agenda МГИМО Moscow Maxim A. Suchkov

The US military cannot fully account for roughly $1 billion of the $1.7 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine since last summer that have been subject to enhanced end use monitoring. nytimes.com/2024/01/11/wor…

MALI and RUSSIA have signed a deal to build a Gold Refinery in the capital city of Mali, Bamako
The deal involves building a refinery to process 200 tones of gold annually.

The project will allow Mali to control all gold production in the country and 'correctly apply all taxes…

#Russia and #China held traditional consultations on the eve of the #IAEA Board of Governors session. The exchange of views proved, as always, that our countries are very much like-minded on IAEA-related matters. The approaches are very close to each other or fully coincide.

The West used to be a synergy of Greek philosophy, Roman law and Christian morality. Which of the three still in place? Rhetorical question.

The US Govt can’t win a war against Russia, China and the Islamic world simultaneously. If the US does not back off WW3 is guaranteed and it would become a nuclear war.

We are now in the critical phase.

⚡ #Palestinian Ambassador Abdel Hafiz Nofal to Rossiya 24 TV channel: 'Preparations anow underway for the visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to #Moscow '

“In my view, that the two are taking their time to meet means the #grain deal is unlikely to be revived at this stage,' Maxim A. Suchkov told Al-Monitor al-monitor.com/originals/2023… By Ezgi Akın

A number of Southeast Asian countries reportedly ordered electronic anti-drone warfare systems from #Russia . The Sapphire electronic warfare complex is used to protect from all types of unmanned aerial vehicles.