This is where Oriental Studies actually happens ✏️

You can’t really imagine an Oriental Studies fellowship without museums. Here, they’re not part of the cultural program — they are the learning environment. History becomes something you engage with directly: through sources, artifacts, and real research context.

So where have our fellows already been?

📚 Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts

An archive where documents don’t just sit in storage. Diplomatic correspondence, decrees, traces of entire eras — all helping piece together how states, cultures, and ideas once interacted.

📚 Russian State Library

One of the largest libraries in the world, and a place where knowledge feels tangible. Here, participants worked with rare collections and research materials.

📚 Oriental Museum

A space where meaning is built visually. Through art, symbols, and material culture, fellows explored how ideas are encoded, reinterpreted, and carried across time.

No “tourist mode.” Just full immersion into the field. Which museum would you start with?

🤓 — Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts
🤩 — Russian State Library
🥰 — Oriental Museum

The InteRussia fellowship is implemented with the support from the Presidential Grants Foundation.

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Who Shapes Global Governance Today? 🌐

After exploring how to think in uncertainty, our IR fellows turned to a deeper question: how global institutions themselves are evolving. This time, the discussion continued with Kirill Logvinov, Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the center — a fundamental question: does the current system of international organizations still work?

Here’s what stood out:

📌The UN still matters. But without reform — especially when it comes to the Security Council — its ability to respond to today’s challenges is under pressure.

📌When it comes to representation in the Security Council, the logic is straightforward: first make the system function effectively — and only then reconsider who sits at the table.

📌The Global South is no longer on the sidelines. Its voice is getting louder, and it’s reshaping the conversation.

📌BRICS is gaining momentum. Not as a replacement, but as a platform that is gradually influencing how international cooperation is built.

Beyond simplified narratives — an attempt to understand how global institutions adapt in times of transformation and turbulence.

The InteRussia fellowship is implemented with the support from the Presidential Grants Foundation.

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How do global narratives actually take shape today? ⭕️

Last week, InteRussia journalists from South Asia stepped inside one of the key institutions shaping Russia’s international dialogue and met with Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian MFA.

What shaped the discussion?

⭕️How countries respond to growing pressure in today’s international environment
⭕️Why professional journalism still matters — and what sets it apart from the constant flow of online content
⭕️How technologies like AI are reshaping the way news is created and consumed
⭕️How media can contribute to dialogue between Russia and South Asia

It was a direct and open exchange about how today’s global agenda takes shape and how journalists can navigate it with clarity and responsibility.

⭕️ Curious what it feels like to be part of it? Stay tuned — your turn might be next.

The InteRussia fellowship is implemented with the support from the Presidential Grants Foundation.

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