“The Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance which was announced by Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and planned for April 2014 will be important because it’s the first time that an internet governance meeting is purely political. This Meeting would look at two very significant aspects of internet governance: the management of root servers – which are responsible for the most basic routing of information across the Internet – and the management of the first level domain names. And the problem with the root servers is not where they are located but rather who manages them”, – Chairman of PIR Center Executive Board Michael Yakushev.

“West, as well as Russia and China, is not afraid of Iranian nuclear capability. It poses danger mainly to Saudi Arabia and Israel. However, while concessions to Iran are tangible, Iranian concessions are not worth anything. This reminds of the situation of 2003, when negotiations were also led by Rouhani. Then we had the same kind of euphoria that after two years ended in failure and serious progress of Iran in the nuclear field”, – President of the Institute of Middle East Studies, Evgeny Satanovsky.

“In order to secure its geopolitical interests in the Greater Middle East and North Africa, Russia must, at the very least, keep Syria and Algeria in its sphere of influence; win a greater share of the Iraqi market; try to maintain, inasmuch as possible, its close ties with Iran; and strengthen its presence in Afghanistan after 2014. There are also opportunities for greater cooperation with Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen. These involve the use of subsidized loans, offset contracts, and other financing options”, — Natalia Kalinina, the Head of the Unconventional Threats Group at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences.