The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has been under Ukrainian shelling for more than two years. Though Russia has urged the IAEA to condemn the attacks many times, no practical steps have been taken. Similarly, although neither the US nor the West is calling on Ukraine to stop attacking the NPP, they are also not seeking to condemn the Kiev regime, at least through the backchannels. [...]

PIR Center interviewed Dr. Kirill Barsky, Head of the Department of Diplomacy at MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. During the conversation, we discussed the future of the “Greater Eurasian Partnership,” the ambivalence of the contemporary global security architecture, and the modern security threats and interstate political tensions hindering deeper cooperation. [...]