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International Centre for Defence and Security
LMC 2007

Russia and the West – is there a Relationship?

Russia, West

Speakers

Andrei Piontkovsky

Senior Visiting Fellow

Robert Nurick

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Per Carlsen

Ambassador

Jörg Himmelreich

Senior Fellow

Moderator

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Keynote speech
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