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Centre that combats Russian corporate raiding to meet with European Parliament members

Berlin-based Ilgar Hajiyev, who fled Russia in the face of death threats after his $100-million Russian business was illegally seized, is taking his case to the European Parliament. Hajiyev will discuss what the Russians called reiderstvo, or corporate raiding, with three members of the parliament.

24 Marzo 2020 Analysis & Report, Europe, Russia

Centre that combats Russian corporate raiding to meet with European Parliament members
Berlin-based Ilgar Hajiyev, who fled Russia in the face of death threats after his $100-million Russian business was illegally seized, is taking his case to the European Parliament. Hajiyev will discuss what the Russians called reiderstvo, or corporate raiding, with three members of the parliament.
Afghanistan today: security status and possible future development. Meeting with H.E. Helena Malikyar the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy
Because Afghanistan matters in geopolitics and its stability might be considered as one of the main goals of the international community, we decided to meet H.E. Helena Malikyar, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy to discuss issues related to the security, stability, economic development and future challenges in Afghanistan.
Washington signed a deal with the Taliban, but this is not the end of the war
The US – Taliban deal should be only interpreted as an agreement between Washington and a specific group of Taliban for the safe passage for the US troops withdrawal. The agreement was welcomed as a success in diplomacy although the war in the country cannot be considered over since in Afghanistan several factions of Taliban and different terrorist groups connected to external actors are operating.

Economic crisis and financial default in Lebanon
The Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced the country's inability to pay the foreign debt as a consequence of the domestic political crisis and the national financial default. Lebanon is becoming an unstable country where foreign powers and actors can exploit people's hunger and domestic chaos to promote their agenda.
Turkey blackmails the EU with the migration crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues in his policy of exploiting migrants and refugees to checkmate the European Union denouncing the lack of political and material support for his very personal invasion of Syria. Due to the reopening of the Turkish borders with Greece, a huge number of refugees and migrants might come to Europe significantly affecting the current situation of the EU countries which are facing the problem of coronavirus.
Covid-2019 and Saudi Arabia - Russia disagreement on oil production
Saudi Arabia may refuse to cooperate with the Russian Federation in terms of coordinating oil production volumes due to Covid-2019 which is demonstrating how a virus might impact not only the national security but also the economy and the international trade market with serious repercussion in the case of Russia because the country strongly depends on energy export.

Centre that combats Russian corporate raiding to meet with European Parliament members