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Several public official who share their views on the 90th anniversary of International Affairs publication are presented. Among them are Henrikas Juskevicius, Boris Piadyshev and Konstantin Kosachev. Adapted from the source document.

We have come here to Yalta for the third conference organized by the International Affairs journal with support of the Foreign Ministry of Russia to discuss Eurasian integration, an unprecedentedly broad subject, with people invited from a broad geographic space: we have guests from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Italy, and Russia and we are very glad to see all of you here. The subject covers a vast territory and large populations, great economies which have their problems but are gradually getting out of the crisis. I am looking forward to our discussion. Adapted from the source document.

A panel discussion on the architecture of integration processes in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in the post-Soviet area, featuring several experts on the topic, including Vladimir Grigor'evich Sokolenko, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry; Tamara Guzenkova, Director, Center for Studies of the Problems of the Near Abroad, Russia's Institute for Strategic Studies, Doctor of Science (History); and Yari Gavrilechko, expert, NGO Fond obshchestvennoi bezopasnosti; and moderated by Armen Oganesyan, is presented. Sokolenko says the probability of the Eastern Partnership or the Vysehrad Group of Four getting into the European paradise is not very high. The final result is the same for all: During the past 20 years, none of these states have become a full-fledged member of the Western community. Meanwhile Guzenkova in regard to the EU, Russia demonstrates a temporary rapprochement based on considerations of convenience. Nevertheless, in each case, both Ukraine and Belarus have over the past 10 or even 15 years been working to diversify their political and economic space and striving to define an independent policy that would set them apart from both the eastern and western vectors. Adapted from the source document.

A roundtable discussion on the problems and prospects of European integration, featuring Consul General of the Russian Federation in Simferopol, Vyacheslav Svetlichny; Deputy Director, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the European Programs of the Russky Mir Foundation, Alexey Gromyko; and President of the Institute of European Studies, Alexander Gaponenko; and moderated by Armen Oganesyan is presented. Today touch on many humanitarian issues related to the impact of the crisis in Europe, affecting both the practical issues and issues of mentality. Svetlichny says currently, they are going through a very difficult period, both in Russian-Ukrainian bilateral relations as well as for each of the countries represented here. There are plans to sign a Ukraine-European Union association agreement that has caused hot debates, and Crimea was not left aside. Meanwhile, Gromyko says the 21St century brings them all face to face with an intriguing paradox: to stay internationally important and influential under the new historical conditions, it is necessary for states aspiring to obtain leading roles in regional and global governance not to follow the traditional line on national sovereignty, but, on the contrary, to strive to become the core of an integrative alliance, even if that involves delegating a part of their sovereignty to supranational structures. Adapted from the source document.