Izvestia will discuss events in the Middle East at the Izvestia Media Center

OnDecember 27 at 11:00 a.m. in the press center of the Izvestia MediaCenter, a round table on the topic: "Middle East: 2024 results" will be held.

Participants:

- Andrei Kortunov, scientific director of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC);

- Vasily Kuznetsov, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member;

- Viktor Smirnov, Head of the Department of Israel and Jewish Communities at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia;

- Vladimir Sazhin, Senior Researcher at the Center for Near and Middle East Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences;

- Ivan Bocharov, RIAC Program Coordinator.

Among the most significant events of 2024 are the exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran, operations by Israeli security forces in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, presidential elections in Iran, and the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

The participants will discuss the main outcomes of 2024 for the countries of the Middle East region, the role of extra-regional players, and possible trajectories for the development of the situation in the Middle East in 2025.

The roundtable will include a pre-presentation of the RIAC report "Extra-Regional Actors in the Middle East".

For full-time accreditation to the press center please send your full name, media name, passport series and number to press-center@iz.ru.

Important: Media representatives can take part in the press conference ONLINE with prior accreditation. To do this, please send your full name, media name and mobile number linked to the installed Telegram application to press-center@iz.ru.

The broadcast will be available on the iz.ru website.

Accreditation of media: press-center@iz.ru, tel. (495) 937-61-70, ext. 4805, 4236

Entrance for media representatives by prior accreditation upon presentation of passport.

Address: Moscow, Partijniy pereulok, 1, k. 57, p. 3, second floor.

More information about the events of the press center on the website.