MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 3, 2014. PIR PRESS - PIR Center team warmly thanks our friends, partners and colleagues for their kind New Year wishes.

Among them:

Antonov Anatoly, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Arguello Irma, Founder and Chair, Nonproliferation for Global Security Foundation, Buenos-Aires, Argentina

Berdennikov Grigory, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Bolsunovsky Alexander, Head of the Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Danilov Dmitry, Head, Department for European Security, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dubinin Yury, Professor, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia

Durdyev Serdar, Counsellor, Embassy of Turkmenistan to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Estermann Stefan, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Eugster Simon, Defense Attaché, Embassy of Switzerland to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Fedorov Valery, Director General, Russian Public Opinion Research Center, Moscow, Russia

Fedorov Yuri, Executive Board Member, PIR Center, Rome, Italy

Feoktistov Dmitry, Deputy Director, Department for New Threats and Challenges, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Ferrer Jorge, journalist and writer, Barcelona, Spain

Fetouri Mustafa, independent Libyan academic and journalist, Tripoli, Libya

Golender Dorit, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the State of Israel to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Harada Tikahito, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Kayani Shahid Mahmood, Defense Attaché, Embassy of Pakistan to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Kazarin Vladimir, Head of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University, Simferopol, Ukraine

Klucke Werner-Dieter, Counsellor, German Embassy to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Kuchinov Vladimir, Advisor to the Director General, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, Moscow, Russia

Kutnaeva Nuria, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, International University in Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Mamontov Vladimir, Director, Smart Internet Foundation, Moscow, Russia

Murogov Victor, Professor, State Technical University of Nuclear Power, Obninsk, Russia

Naumkin Vitaly, Director, Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Pszczel Robert, Director, NATO Information Centre, Moscow, Russia

Raubenheimer Henry, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Rauf Tariq, Director, Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Rosli Ilham Nursyiqim, First Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Ryabkov Sergey, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russia

Rykhtik Mikhail, Dean, Faculty of International Studies, N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

Spassky Nikolai, Deputy Director General, Rosatom State Corporation for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Stepanova Ekaterina, Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Tian Chun-Sgeng, Deputy Director, China Association for Economic Studies on Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, Beijing, Chinese People's Republic

Tolipov Farkhod, Director, Bylim Karvoni Nongovernental Research and Training Center, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Tuzmukhamedov Bakhtiyar, Judge, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Hague, Netherlands

Ubeev Aleksey, Senior Nuclear Security Officer, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

Ulyanov Mikhail, Director, Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Utebaev Meder, Inspector, Foreign Policy Department, the Kyrgyz Republic Presidential Administration, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Vasnetsov Oleg, Director, Department for Liaisons with the Subjects of the Federation, the Parliament, Public and Political Organizations, Moscow, Russia

Defence Attaché Office of the Embassy of Norway to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Section, Embassy of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Federal State Unitary Enterprise Main Administration for Service to the Diplomatic Corps under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

Igrapé Institute, Brasilia, Brazil

International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague, Netherlands

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, USA

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, USA

National Committee for BRICS Studies, Moscow, Russia

New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow, Russia

OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Radisson Royal Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Raduga printing office, Moscow, Russia

Rospechat distribution agency, Moscow, Russia

Russia beyond the Headlines, Moscow, Russia

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Geneva, Switzerland

Dear friends and colleagues, once again we would like to wish you all the best in 2014! May this year bring you many pleasant and happy moments, new opportunities and may all of your dreams come true.

Sincerely,

PIR Center team