All the latest news from all over the world in #CIIC_digest

🇧🇷 Brazil's Independence Day

It is celebrated annually after Brazil declared independence from Portugal on September 7, 1822.

🇻🇪 Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has requested asylum in Spain

Caracas agreed to release the opposition leader from the country "for the sake of calm and political peace." The Venezuelan prosecutor's office issued a warrant for his arrest this week.

🇻🇳 Independence Day of Vietnam

Is a national holiday in Vietnam observed on 2 September, commemorating President Hồ Chí Minh reading the Declarations of independence of Vietnam at Ba Đình Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. It is the country's National Day.

🇮🇷 Iran is thinking about moving the capital from Tehran

Tehran is suffering from water shortages, subsidence of the soil and polluted air, the President of the republic said. Experts noted the inaccessibility of a decent life for the majority of residents of the Iranian capital due to overcrowding.

💬 Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested in support of Elon Musk

The blocking of the social network X in Brazil split society: the opinion of Brazilians was divided approximately equally. Protesters who came out in Sao Paulo accused the Supreme Court of trying to drown out the voices of conservatives.

🇫🇷 About 300 thousand people protested in France

The protesters oppose French President Macron's decision to appoint former European Commissioner and former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier as prime minister.

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High technology for motion recovery

⚡️ We are always happy to share with you the news from the world of technological production.

Our friends from KINEZ are making an incredibly cool product in the field of high-tech knee modules.

🇷🇺 This helps to reduce queues for prosthetics not only in Russia, but also in partner countries.

🌏 And we are glad that #CIIC_business helps to scale such a socially useful project.

Share in the comments what field you work in and help you develop👇🏻

Conference Russia-Latin America «Innovative Approaches in Organic Agriculture in the 21st Century»

🌿 Dear friends, we remind you that as part of our business promotion #CIIC_business, the registration continues for the conference dedicated to the most promising mechanisms of cooperation between Latin American countries and Russia in the field of organic farming.

⌛ Date and time: September 16, 2024, 19:00

🖥 Format: online (Zoom)

ℹ️ You can register through the FORM

We will be glad to see specialists from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and other countries of Latin America!

Analytics without Borders: Join #ciic_friends

Dear friends, we are very grateful to you for your participation in the development of our professional community.

🔥 For the most active and talented, we decided to launch the #ciic_friends section, in which we will publish analytical materials from our subscribers.

Send your works and topics
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🇻🇪 Maduro's Arrest?

Recently, the situation in Venezuela has become increasingly tense. Argentina, alarmed by the events in that country, has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for President Nicolas Maduro.

🌏 Our specialist Dariya Korchemnaya has prepared a material in which she examined how this step highlights the usage of international institutions as a tool of confrontation against a particular state and raises a question on whether the ICC is truly independent.

🔥 What do you think?

🇷🇺 We are continuing to look for projects aimed at promoting Russian language, history and culture in the world!

If you are interested in Russian language and culture, and you have cool ideas of how to spread it in your country - then share your ideas with us with the application form.

🌏 CIIC specialists will contact you for further project collaboration, and we will provide support to help best of the projects come true.

Participation requirements:
1️⃣You have your NPO in your country that have been registered 1 year ago or earlier
2️⃣You have a feasible project that will promote Russian language and culture in your country
3️⃣You are ready to describe this project in details and work for its implementation later

⌛ Deadline for the application form: September 22, 2024, 23:59

🇷🇺 Have you wanted to learn the Russian language for a long time, but haven't started yet? Are you learning Russian now, or have you learned it before?

Dear friends, in order to collect all possible difficulties that a person may face when studying the Russian language abroad and try to change it in the future, the CIIC team has created a special survey form.

Please fill in this form if:
1️⃣You haven't studied the Russian language yet, but you want to start
2️⃣You have studied the Russian language before
3️⃣You are currently studying the Russian language

🌏 Your answers will help to make the process of studying the Russian language around the world more effective and accessible!

Survey form link: https://forms.yandex.ru/u/66e80b525d2a06da9abf510d/

👑 Russia can offer Gulf monarchies railways and «Gosuslugi»

In cooperation with the Persian Gulf staters Russia should focus its efforts on such economic areas as infrastructure projects. Partnership in the field of railway construction and e-government technologies also seems promising.

🌏 CIIC expert Aya Danilyan commented on how international partnership between Russia and the Persian Gulf countries can develop in an article for the «VZGLYAD» media .

✨ The analysis is presented exclusively for VZ.RU in Russian and can be translated via an in-browser translator

7️⃣days left until the deadline

Ⓜ️ Friends, there is only one week left until the deadline for applications for participation in the Media Expedition «Russia in the World».

The expedition will take place on November, 20−22, 2024 in Moscow — the heart of Russia!

👆 All the details can be found in the post above and on our website.

➡️ APPLY HERE

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🇨🇱 Independence Day of Chile

On September 18, 1810, Chile freed itself from Spanish rule by declaring its independence (though they were still theoretically loyal to King Ferdinand VII of Spain, who was held captive by the French at the time). This declaration eventually led to more than a decade of violence and warfare that did not end until the last royalist stronghold fell in 1826. September 18 is celebrated as Independence Day in Chile.

🇦🇲 Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia

On August 23, 1990, the Supreme Council of the Republic adopted the Declaration of Independence of Armenia, which abolished the Armenian SSR and established the independent Republic of Armenia.On September 21, 1991, in a referendum, the majority of the population voted to confirm Armenia's withdrawal from the USSR(the republic did not participate in the referendum on preserving the USSR), in November 1991, Levon Ter-Petrosyan was elected the first President of Armenia. On December 21, 1991, Armenia joined the Commonwealth of Independent States.

🇮🇷 Rallies held in Iran on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Activists took to the streets to mark the anniversary of the death of a girl who was beaten in September 2022 for wearing a hijab incorrectly and who died shortly after in hospital. In response, the authorities took significant measures to ensure security, including the deployment of police and special services at strategic sites and in places where rallies were held.

🔥Boeing Lost $572 Million in 8 Days of Strike

According to the Anderson Economic Group, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers lost more than half a billion dollars in the first week of the strike alone. Experts say that losses could increase sharply and exceed $1 billion next week due to the almost complete halt in production and delivery of aircraft to customers.

🇱🇧 Pentagon Worried About a Possible Third Lebanon War

Mass explosions of pagers and radios belonging to Hezbollah have increased the fears of the American military about the inevitability of conflict in Lebanon. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned at a meeting with senior Pentagon officials that Israel could soon launch an offensive.

What would you note about the past week?

🇦🇪Washington wants to influence the UAE president on Russian and Chinese issues

American officials will fail to convince the UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to limit military ties with China and participate in isolating Russia

Friends, we are very proud to present you with our expert's Nikita Shipitsyn material, dedicated to the analysis of the latest UAE leader's visit to the USA in the magazine «VZGLYAD».

✨ The analysis is presented exclusively for VZ.RU in Russian and can be translated via an in-browser translator

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Analytics without Borders

💙 Friends, we are infinitely grateful for the amount of work and materials that you have sent us!

This is truly a very high level of political analysis from all corners of the world.

🇧🇷 Today, we would like to present you with a view on the potential of the ALBA economic block from Tatiane from Brasil.

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The Global South: A New Era for Medical Technologies

🌏 Dear friends, we are pleased to announce the long-awaited event within the framework of #ciic_business.

On October 14, the online conference dedicated to the global development of medicine and biotech «The Global South: A New Era for Medical Technologies» will be held.

🕒 Date and time: 14 October at 16:45-18:30 (UTC +3)
🖥 Format: online-zoom

Language: English

To participate, you must register using the link, after which you will receive an invitation with a link by email.

We will be glad to see the specialized specialists of our community at it.

🔥 Tell your colleagues about our meeting so that we can reach professionals from all over the world!

🌏 Europe - Asia: Bridges of Trust and Cooperation

Friends, our team has prepared another conference.

This time we want participants from Europe and Asia to share their professional experience.

We have invited leading experts, government representatives and business leaders from Eurasia to discuss key issues of sustainable development and economic partnership.

🕒 Date: October 7, 15:00 Moscow time

💺 Place: online

Language: English

👉 Link: FORM

Please note that applications are accepted until October 5❗️
See you at the conference.

Are you planning to attend?

Weekly #CIIC_digest

⭐️ Independence Day of Abkhazia

September 30 is Independence Day in honor of the victory of the Abkhaz armed forces over the Georgian troops, which ended the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, as well as the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Abkhazia.

🇹🇲 Independence Day of Turkmenistan

On October 27, 1991, the Supreme Council of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the law "On the Independence and Foundations of the State Structure of Turkmenistan". After the collapse of the USSR, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic became one of the last union republics in the post-Soviet space to proclaim its state sovereignty.

🇸🇦 Independence Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This public holiday was established by a special decree of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the end of January.

Foundation Day is an opportunity to remember the three centuries that have passed since the foundation of the Saudi state.

🇺🇸 Hezbollah Accuses US of Supporting Israel in Massacres in Lebanon

The United States is providing Israel with unlimited military support to continue its aggression against Lebanon, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised address.

"The US is helping Israel commit mass murder in Lebanon, it is providing it with deadly weapons that Israeli troops are using to attack Lebanese lands and civilians," he said.

🇫🇷 Several unions call for strike against forced return to office

French unions are calling on Ubisoft employees to start a three-day strike on October 15 to protest against the mandatory return to the office. The decision to require employees to be in the office at least three days a week has been criticized by the video game workers' union (STJV).

Management justifies the decision by citing the importance of face-to-face communication for creativity.

What news item did you pay the most attention to?