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Russian-Lebanese Relations: Searching for Ways of Interaction
- Authors: Savicheva E.M.1, Katerenchuk D.1, Ryzhov I.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
- National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Issue: Vol 13, No 4 (2021): History of the East: religion, politics, international relations
- Pages: 384-397
- Section: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/29421
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8127-2021-13-4-384-397
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For almost 30 years since the end of the civil war in Lebanon, signing of the Taif agreements in 1989 and the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 with the emergence of new Russia, the bilateral Russian-Lebanese relations remained partnership and friendly. They have reflected the trend of strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation. Nevertheless, Russian-Lebanese relations at the present stage (21st century) have remained partially unexplored. The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of Russian-Lebanese relations in the political, diplomatic, economic and cultural spheres; the focus is made on the 2000s. The research contains a quantitative analysis of Russian-Lebanese official contacts (2006-2020), as well as a review of the commodity structure of the countries’ turnover.
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Elena Mikhaylovna Savicheva
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: savicheva@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8617-3508
PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations
6, Miklukho-Maklay str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198Daniil Katerenchuk
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Email: daniil.katerenchuk@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8513-3026
Master’s student of the Department of Theory and History of International Relations
6, Miklukho-Maklay str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198Igor Valer'evich Ryzhov
National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Email: ivr@fmo.unn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6417-1517
Doctor of Science (History), Professor, Head of the Department of History and Politics of Russia, Institute of International Relations and World History
2, Ulyanov str., Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, 603005References
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