
CSRA held the workshop ‘Russia and India: Perception of Each Other’
On Friday 18 April, another seminar was held by the Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis. The event was dedicated to the study of Russia's representation in the English-language mass media in India. The keynote speaker was Dimitri Spiridonov, an intern of the CSRA.

HSE Expands Cooperation with Gulf Countries
HSE University and the Centre for International Policy Research (Qatar) have agreed to collaborate in the field of social sciences, with plans for joint research, academic exchanges, and regular expert engagement. The agreement was signed during the roundtable ‘State Capacity and State Resilience in the Global South,’ held as part of the 25th Yasin (April) International Academic Conference at HSE University.
Yevgeny Ivanov took part in the international scientific seminar ‘The Syrian conflict and its impact on the post-Soviet area’
On 27 January 2025, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted an international scientific seminar ‘The Situation in Syria and its Impact on the Post-Soviet Area. The event was organised by the Laboratory of Contemporary Central Asia and Caucasus Studies. The seminar was attended by academic researchers and experts from Russia and abroad.
The President of Russia awarded the title ‘Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation’ to the scientific director of CSRA
According to the decree of the President Vladimir Putin issued 24.01.2025, Askar Akaev is honoured with a high award ‘for his contribution to training highly qualified specialists, scholars and teacher during many years of diligent work’.

Happy new year 2025!
The Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis presents the results of the working year and wishes everyone a Happy New Year 2025!
14 December marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Raj Kapoor, an Indian actor who contributed a lot into developing of Russia-India ties.
Yevgeny Ivanov, CSRA HSE scholar, and Ashish Singh discussed why Raj Kapoort was so popular in the USSR and how his legacy helps Russia and India keep developing bilateral cultural relations.

Denis Stukal Appointed as Dean of HSE Faculty of Social Sciences
The HSE Rector, Nikita Anisimov, introduced the new Dean at the HSE Academic Council meeting

The scholars of CSRA won the best teacher prize!
The director of CSRA Andrey Korotayev is among the best scientific supervisors, and Yevgeny Ivanov, the research fellow, is awarded as the best teacher by popular vote. Congratulations to our colleagues!

Prospects for Russian-Indian co-operation
Ashish Singh, the graduate of the Doctoral School of Political Science (HSE University), published a column in the Garhwal Post (India) about the prospects of Russian-Idian relations after Modi's vitis to Moscow. Yevgeny Ivanov, the reserch fellow of the CSRA, contributed to this covering the issue of education.