This year we are playing a U.S. vs Russia match online in remembrance of the radio chess match USA vs USSR in 1945!

This match took place September 1 – 4 in the closing days of WWII. In fact, President Truman declared V. J. Day on September 2, on the second day of the match. It was played over the radio and each team had 10 grandmasters.
This time the match will be held online between the US and Russian amateurs teams and anyone play. The day is Sunday  September 5, 2021.

Please sign up and help us find team members for this historical event.

For more information, please register below or contact Zivorad Djuric zikochess@gmail.com, cell 202-316-9777 or Edward Lozansky at lozansky@gmail.com

The main goal of this Action is to unit all humanity for peace, tranquillity and development of our planet. In future the Action, possibly, may become a public movement.

The initiative group, consisting of representatives of Russian and American organizations and individuals, proposed to mark the next anniversary of the historic meeting on the Elbe with mass planting of trees. “By honouring war veterans while contributing to the fight against climate change, we express our concern for preserving the historical memory of the outcome of World War II and protecting the environment. It depends on each of us what kind of world we will live in,” – the initiative group notes.

Anyone regardless of location, political and religious beliefs, age, gender can take part in this action.

The action is supported by the United Nations Information Centre and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Also, the Head of the “RusClimatFond” Marianna Munteanu, the winner of the UN competition “Young Champions of the Earth” in 2019 is one of the partners of the Action in Russia.

The Action starts on April 25, 2021. You can take part in it by organizing, singly or collectively, planting one or more trees in a place permitted by the legislation of your country.

Organizers:

• International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations “Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly” http://eurasia-assembly.org
• Russia House — “Kontinent USA” — American University in Moscow, (USA) https://russiahouse.org
• International Centre for Public Diplomacy (ICPD) of the Institute of International Relations ICPD MEPhI (Russia) https://icpd.mephi.ru
• International Council of Russian Compatriots http://msrs.ru

The “Meeting on the Elbe” signaled the approaching end of the Nazi regime and was heralded around the world. Today, the joyfulness created by that open display of comradeship between East and West is needed more than ever.

For many years, American and Russian veterans, as well as public organizations, have kept the spirit of that Elbe River linkage alive with commemorations and reunions and by erecting monuments, plaques, and statues in our two countries. 

The American University in Moscow, a Washington DC-based, non-profit organization, in cooperation with many American and Russian public groups, has participated in a number of these ceremonies in the U.S. and Russia, often supported by the respective embassies of these two great nations.

The upcoming anniversary may be the last for many of the remaining veterans and witnesses of that tremendous event.  Our goal is to recognize these veterans and commemorate their achievement in a way that honors them and the spirit of cooperation the Elbe River an inspiration to our soldiers of today. At the same time this event can be a great opportunity to engage in a long-awaited dialogue in view of unprecedented tensions that threaten the security of our two nations and the world.  

Program

April 24, 2020

9.00-11.00AM (EST) – 4.00-6.00 PM (Moscow)

Online Discussion about lessons of WWII, the Meaning of the “Meeting on the Elbe” after 75 Years and the Possibility and Necessity of Cooperation with participation of well-known historians and scholars from United States, Russia, Europe and Eurasia.

You can watch this conference on YouTube and Facebook:

In English:  Live stream https://youtu.be/GjL0ZOr-g5o

In Russian: https://clck.ru/E7V3p

https://www.facebook.com/EurasiaAssembly

Unveiling ceremony of Reagan – Gorbachev sculptural composition in downtown Moscow followed by 4th of July Independence Day reception.

Address: Burganov Museum, 15 Bolshoi Afanasievsky Pereulok.

Please consider supporting this event by making a tax-deductible contribution using  Paypal. Click DONATE button below.

Representatives of major American and Russian universities will discuss specific joint educational projects on a large
variety of topical subjects, including science, engineering,  history, political science, and other areas.

The event will take place from 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM with lunch break at the Lindner Commons Auditorium of George Washington University followed by the reception for participants and a reunion party at the Russian Embassy. Those who are interested or would like more information  register atAmerican professors, scientists and foreign policy experts are invited to make online presentations in their fields to the students of American University in Moscow, Moscow Sate University and National Research Nuclear University. For additional information please fill out the form below or write to Forum@RussiaHouse.org

Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russian Relations

March 25-26, 2015 Washington, DC

Program Schedule:

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Russian Cultural Centre, 1825 Phelps Place, NW, Washington, DC

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM:

Advancing US-Russia Educational and Science Cooperation:

Steven Barnes – George Mason University
Steve Breyman – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sergei Chasovskikh – Georgetown University
Sharyl Cross – St. Edwards University
Igor Efimov – George Washington University
Rita Guenther – National Academy of Sciences
Maija Kukla – National Science Foundation
Edward Lozansky – American University in Moscow, Moderator
Michail Myagkov – Skolkovo
Artem Oganov – Stony Brook University & Skolkovo
Igor Okunev – Russian State University of International Relations (MGIMO)
Andrey Rezaev – St. Petersburg State University
Natalia Romashkina – National Research Nuclear University
Kevin Ryan – Harvard University
Michael Stopford – University of Nebraska
Nathaniel Trumbull – University of Connecticut
Nikolai Vasilyev – Harvard Medical School
Kendrick White – University of Nizhni Novgorod & Marchmont Capital Partners

Reception to follow

5:30 – 7:30 PM: Reception at The Russian Cultural Centre

Thursday, March 26, 2015

2:30 – 6:00 PM with coffee break

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216

Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE, Washington, DCMilitary conflict in Ukraine. Major Crisis in US-Russia relations. Searching for the way out.

2:30 – 4:00 PM:

His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to US – Welcoming Remarks
Steven Cohen – New York and Princeton Universities
Gilbert Doctorow – European Committee for East – West Accord
Edward Lozansky – American University in Moscow, Moderator
John Mearsheimer – University of Chicago
Dana Rohrarbacher (R -CA) – Member of Congress, TBC

4:00 – 4:20 PM: Coffee Break

4:20 – 6:00 PM:

The Ukrainian Crisis: Alternative Media, Alternative Narratives.
Charles Bausman – Russia-Insider.com
James Carden – American Conservative
Katrina vanden Heuvel – The Nation, Moderator
Robert Parry – Consortium News
Ray McGovern – RayMcgovern.com
Patrick Smith – Salon.com

6:30 – 9:30 PM Reception at the Russian Embassy

Tree Planting Ceremony to commemorate 70th Anniversary of the Elbe River linkage of American and Russian troops on the eve of the Allied Victory in the WWII

Friday, 3.00 PM, April 24, 2015

Corner of Sivtsev Vrazhek and Starokonyushenny Pereuloks. Metro Stations: Kropotkinskaya, Arbatskaya or Smolenskaya

Sponsors:

• American University in Moscow, Washington, DC, http://us-russia.org
• Jane Goodalls’s Roots and Shoots, Vienna, Virginia, https://www.rootsandshoots.org
• Reed Jules Oppenheimer Foundation, Tulsa, Oklakhoma
• Etnomir Foundation, Kaluga Region, Petrovo Village, Russia, https://ethnomir.ru
• International Union of Russian Compatriots, Moscow, Russia, https://www.msrs.ru
• Russia House,  Washington, DC, https://russiahouse.org
• Russian Center, New York, NY, http://www.russiancenterny.org
• Eurasia Center, Washington, DC, http://www.ksors.org
• Armenian General Benevolent Union, Larnaca, Cyprus, http://www.ksors.org
• Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots of the USA, http://www.russian-americans.org
• Congress of Russian Americans, http://www.russian-americans.org
• International Foundation for social support of Russian Interior officers, http://www.fondfenix.com

US-Russia Forum
Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russian Relations
June 16 -17, 2014   Washington, DC

The current crisis in Ukraine, which many see as the beginning of a new era of U.S. – Russia geopolitical confrontation, underscores the urgent need for a new foreign policy agenda that will advance both American and Russian long-term strategic interests.

Program Schedule:

Monday, June 16, 2014

1:00 – 5:00 PM with coffee break

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE, Washington, DC

US-Russia Relations: Restoring a Constructive Agenda

Welcoming Remarks by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the USA

Introductory Remarks from The Eurasia Center about The US-Russia Forum

1:00 – 2:30 PM  First Panel

• Edward Lozansky — President, American University in Moscow, Moderator
• Stephen Cohen — Professor, New York University and Princeton University
• Robert Legvold — Professor, Columbia University
• Mark Ritchie — Minnesota Secretary of State
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Mead Treadwell — Lt. Governor of Alaska

2:30 – 3:00 PM Coffee Break

First Day:  Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902

3:00 – 4:30 PM Second Panel

• Matthew Rojansky — Director, Kennan Institute, Speaker and Moderator
• Jack Matlock — Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow
• Leonid Gozman — President, Union of Right Forces movement (SPS)
• Wayne Merry — Former State Department and Pentagon Official
• James Carden — American Conservative, Former Advisor to the State Department on Bilateral US – Russia relations

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Embassy of the Russian Federation, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Reception hosted by His Excellency Sergei Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to Washington

Second Day:  Tuesday, June 17

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (18:00 – 20:30 PM Moscow time)

National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor – Interfax Moscow

Online teleconference with the Russian experts:

• Lt.General Evgeny Buzhinsky – former head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense
• Vladimir Lukin – former Russian Ambassador to Washington
• Fedor Lukyanov – Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs
• Sergei Mironov – Head of the “Just Russia” party in the State Duma
• Sergei Stepashin – former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Head of the Audit Chamber

3:00 – 5:00 PM U.S. – Russia Economic, Science and Educational Cooperation

• The Russian Cultural Centre, 1825 Phelps Place, NW, Washington, DC
• Prospects for US – Russia Cooperation for Business and Trade
• Elena Branson, Moderator, President, Russian Center NY
• Mikhail Kalugin – Head, Economic Section, Russian Embassy
• Cesar Queiroz – Senior Advisor, Claret Consulting
• Axel Tillman – CEO USA, Russian Venture Company
• Ralph Winnie, Jr. – Vice President, Director of Global Business, EBC
• Rita Guenther – Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences
• Edward Lozansky – President, American University in Moscow
• Gerard Janco – President, The Eurasia Center

5:30 – 7:30 PM: Reception at The Russian Cultural Centre

Russian Association of International Cooperation and American University in Moscow present:

“Advancing a Constructive Agenda for U.S.-Russia Relations”

Monday, September 8, 2014; President Arbat Hotel
Plotnikov Pereulok 12, Pushkin Hall

10.00 AM – 12.45 PM:

• Edward Lozansky — President, American University in Moscow, Moderator
• Mikhail Delyagin — Director, Institute for Globalization
• Svetlana Lomidze — Director for External Affairs of the Association of European Business
• Sergei Markov — Director, Institute of Policy Studies
• Raymond  McGovern — Co-Founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
• Nicolai Petro — Professor, University of Rhode Island, Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine
• Alexis Rodzianko — President, US – Russia Chamber of Commerce
• David Speedie — Director, U.S. Global Engagement Program,  Carnegie Council for Ethics
• Sharon Tennison — President and CEO, Center for Citizen Initiatives

1.00 – 2.30 PM: Lunch (by invitation only)

2.30 – 4.00 PM:

• Gilbert Doctorow — Founder, European Committee for East – West Accord
• Ilya Kostunov — Member of the Russian State Duma
• Victor Kremenyuk — Deputy Director, Institute of USA & Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Sergei Mironov — Head of the “Just Russia” party
• Georgiy Muradov — General Secretary, Russian Association for International Cooperation
• Jonathan Power — Foreign Affairs Columnist for International Herald Tribune
• Martin Sieff — Chief Global Analyst and Columnist for the Globalist and Post-Examiner

4.00 – 4.30 PM: Coffee Break

4.30 – 6.00 PM:

• Vladimir Kozin — Professor, Russian Academy of Military Sciences
• Dmitry Mikheyev — former Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
• Igor Okunev — Vice-Dean, Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO)
• Vladimir Rybachenkov —S enior Fellow, Center for Arms Control Studies
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Andrei Sushentsov — Associate Professor at MGIMO and Partner with Foreign Policy Analysis Group (Moscow)

6.30 – 8.30 PM Reception (by invitation only)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Room 215 – Prospect Vernadskogo 76

2.00 – 5.00 PM: Round Table: U.S. – Russia Business, Science & Educational Cooperation. Proposal to Establish “Committee for East – West Accord”

• Edward Lozansky — President of the American University in Moscow & Gilbert Doctorow – Founder of the European Committee for East – West Accord – Moderators
• Dmitry Akhanov — President & CEO, Rusnano USA
• Elena Branson — President, Russian Center in New York
• Andrew Korybko — American correspondent of Voice of Russia
• Mikhail Kouriachev — Advisor to President, Association of Russian Regional Banks
• Vitaly Kozyrev — Associate Professor, Endicott College, Beverly, MA and Senior Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
• Robert Legvold — Professor, Columbia University
• Jami Leibowitz — Professor. East Carolina University
• Sergei Markov — Director, Institute of Policy Studies
• Raymond McGovern — Co—Founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
• Dmitry Mikheyev — former Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
• Georgiy Muradov — General Secretary, Russian Association for International Cooperation
• William Murray — Chairman, Religious Freedom Coalition
• Alla Nazarenko — Professor, Moscow State University
• Igor Okunev — Vice—Dean, Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO)
• Nicolai Petro – Professor, University of Rhode Island, Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine
• Jonathan Power – Foreign Affairs Columnist for International Herald Tribune
• Anna Prozorova — Head of Legal Department, The Belgian—Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Russia
• Alexander Shalumov — President & CEO, ASONIKA Institute
• Boris Shiriaev — Chair, Department of North American Studies,St. Petersburg State University
• Martin Sieff — Chief Global Analyst and Columnist for the Globalist and Post—Examiner
• Michael Stopford — Former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Strategic Communications
• Lawrence Stratton — Professor, Waynesburg University
• Andrei Sushentsov — Professor, MGIMO
• Sharon Tennison — President and CEO, Center for Citizen Initiatives

Address:

1825 Phelps Place, N.W. Washington DC 20008, USA

Agenda:

10.00 – 11.00 AM: What are the most important disagreement issues between the United States and Russia?

11.00 – 11.15 AM: Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.45 PM: Is it possible to find common and mutually beneficial approaches to resolve at least some of these issues and what is the role of NGOs,  Public Diplomacy and the Media in this process?  

12.45 – 2.00 PM: Lunch Break

2.00 – 3.15 PM: Educational and cultural exchanges as an effective tool in promoting US – Russia rapprochement. How one defines the role of “Soft Power” in this process?

5.00 – 7.00 PM: Concluding Reception

Speakers:

• Patrick Armstrong — former political counselor at Canadian Embassy in Moscow
• Dmitry Babich — political analyst for the Voice of Russia radio station
• William Dunkerley — Publishing Consultant
• Leonid Gozman — Deputy Director, Rosnano Corporation
• Anatoly Karlin — Da Russophile
• Edward Lozansky — President, American University in Moscow
• Mikhail Margelov — Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia
• Sergey Markedonov — Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Daniel McAdams — Executive Director, the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
• Andranik Migranyan — President, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation
• Nicolai Petro — Professor, University of Rhode Island
• Martin Sieff — Chief Foreign Correspondent, the Globalist
• Yuri Zaitsev — Director, Russian Cultural Center
• Nikolai Zlobin — President, Center on Global Interests

The current state of U.S.-Russia relations does not reflect their real potential, nor does it serve the vital national interests of the two countries. In a world where the United States and Russia face so many common threats and challenges, they all too often view each other more as a foe than a friend.

The roots of this animosity go back to the time of the Cold War with both countries being cast as inevitable opponents incapable of finding common ground on any issue. Even today, the United States and Russia are separated not only by history and culture, but also by their geopolitical goals and domestic priorities. Contributing to the problem is the shortage of direct communication between civil institutions and business groups interested in better relations between the two countries.

No two nations can ever achieve total harmony in their world views. This, however, should not prevent the United States and Russia from trying to develop a constructive working relationship. Closer U.S.-Russia cooperation is not only in the best interests of both countries but the history of the past 10 years also provides ample evidence that a coordinated U.S-Russian response to world challenges tends to reduce tension and produce positive results.

Agenda

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

10.00 AM – 5.00 PM with Lunch Break:

Opening Remarks by Round Table Participants

• Patrick Armstrong — former political counselor at Canadian Embassy in Moscow
• William Dunkerley — Publishing Consultant
• Julia Fominova — Gorchakov Foundation  
• Gordon Hahn — Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Eugene Ivanov — Russia Beyond the Headlines, The Ivanov Report
• James Jatras — Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Law Firm
• Edward Lozansky — American University in Moscow and Kontinent USA
• Sergei Makedonov — Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Alexei Pankin — Publishing Strategy and Practice
• Dmitry Petrov — writer
• Anthony Salvia — American Institute in Ukraine
• Martin Sieff — Chief Foreign Correspondent, the Globalist
• Darren Spinks — PR Agency GSR

6.00 – 7.00 PM: Concert dedicated to A.S. Pushkin’s birthday

7.00 – 9.00 PM: Concluding Reception