OnAugust9, at11:30 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will hold anexpert discussion onthe

camera onAugust 31, 2019. Arfan Ahmed, prosecuting, told Croydon Magistrates' Courtthat Kurtof Perry

Derek Holland, 59, was distracted by his mobile phone when he crashed his vehicleinto the back of the broken-down van, injuring three people.... Two cameras fitted to the HGV recorded 42separate incidents of poor driving during his four-hour journey prior to the smash on the A27 near Lewes, East Sussex. Police say the bad driving included apersistent use of his mobile phone while not wearing a seatbelt, and taking both hands off the wheel to peel a banana and to wave at traffic lights. Througho

On August 5, 2019, the government of India proposed the reorganisation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that depriving it of its privileges would end a local conflict that has been going on for thirty years. Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation (OR

Medics desperately tried toresuscitate16-month-old Corey James Holland but he died in hospital.... His dad Phillip Holland had found his son face up in the waternear to a jetty atLakeside Caravan Park in Winsford, Cheshire, after the tot managed to escape their caravan. The toddler's inquest on Thursday heard that when Phillip and his family woke, they found Corey wasn't in his travel cotand one of the caravan doors next to the room where the baby was sleeping was slightly ajar. Phillip then wo

Regardless ofwhat theEU does next, Russia should brace for any scenario, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Ivan Timofeev. Reliable and uninterrupted maritime transit ofpeople and cargo tothe Kaliningrad Region has become aparticularly pressing issue.

Thirty years isasufficient period toassess the results ofthe independent development ofthe countries that emerged from the republics ofthe former USSR. Now the period oftheir growing upcan beconsidered complete; ahead isanindependent future.

The on-going pandemic will change the electoral process. Inthe event ofafourth wave, priority will begiven topostal voting.

Discussions about theUS returning tactical nuclear weapons that were withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula inthe 1990s have been going onfor along time, but they have noticeably intensified inrecent months. Inaddition, the desire tostrengthen the alliance with the United States will mean that given t

Neither Washington nor Beijing are ready for sharp escalation atthe moment. The Americans are looking forward tothe presidential election in2024, and China continues toexperience economic problems.