US Russia Relations


DateMonday, September 17, 2007
LocationSenate Capitol, Room SC 6

Dr. Andrei Kortunov, President of the New Eurasia Foundation, will join us for a discussion on U.S.-Russia relations. President Vladmir Putin dismissed the Russian Prime Minister on Wednesday, replacing him with Victor Zubkov. The new Prime Minister is one of a handful of candidates who are likely to succeed Putin in the presidential elections next March. What effect will the new change have on the Russian government? What do these changes reveal about the role Putin intends to play in Russian politics after the election? How will these events effect Russia's relations with the West?