Alexei Pushkov: Russia is ending 2013 as strong country

As a result of 2013 Russia will be remembered by other nations as a country which contributed to changing the current system of a unipolar world to a multipolar world, the head of the Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Alexei Pushkov said. He added that in general the foreign policy of Russia had been successful this year."Let me remind you that last year ended with a conflict with the United States because of the "Magnitsky list" and the "law of Dima Yakovlev." There was a feeling that we were approaching an intense political confrontation. However, after some time the tensions disappeared," Pushkov said.Pushkov noted that in the end the "law of Dima Yakovlev" forced the U.S. to seriously consider the fate of adopted children and began to share information with Russia about the life of adopted Russian children. America has acknowledged that these problems exist and that the situation should be changed.The shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world is also demonstrated by the peace initiative for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, the shift in Armenia's integration priorities from Europe to Eurasia and the offer of economic aid to Ukraine. "The U.S. has also facilitated the development of the multipolar world: when two times in a year it is said that a default can take place in the United States it is very difficult to pursue a policy of hegemony in the world," Pushkov said.Thus, Russia ends the year as a strong country, Alexei Pushkov believes.

As a result of 2013 Russia will be remembered by other nations as a country which contributed to changing the current system of a unipolar world to a multipolar world, the head of the Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Alexei Pushkov said. He added that in general the foreign policy of Russia had been successful this year.
"Let me remind you that last year ended with a conflict with the United States because of the "Magnitsky list" and the "law of Dima Yakovlev." There was a feeling that we were approaching an intense political confrontation. However, after some time the tensions disappeared," Pushkov said.
Pushkov noted that in the end the "law of Dima Yakovlev" forced the U.S. to seriously consider the fate of adopted children and began to share information with Russia about the life of adopted Russian children. America has acknowledged that these problems exist and that the situation should be changed.
The shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world is also demonstrated by the peace initiative for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, the shift in Armenia's integration priorities from Europe to Eurasia and the offer of economic aid to Ukraine. "The U.S. has also facilitated the development of the multipolar world: when two times in a year it is said that a default can take place in the United States it is very difficult to pursue a policy of hegemony in the world," Pushkov said.
Thus, Russia ends the year as a strong country, Alexei Pushkov believes.