Network interaction led to the development of new forms of diplomacy. There are such types of international relations that allow you to create new virtual spaces not only in the technical and technological sense, but also in the transboundary one. Transboundary interaction with positive connotation in international relations in the context of «network diplomacy» is realized in the format of dialogue platforms. Public diplomacy of international dialogues uses an event-based approach. Intellectual events, as part of public diplomacy, can consider international dialogues of civil communities as a very successful format.
The RIAC study presents an analysis of the impact of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on vast regions of the world that are conventionally referred to as the «global South»: countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The credit rating agency Expert RA has studied the economic health of Russian regions, describing the factors that have had either a positive or a negative effect. The analysts note an upward trend, emphasizing that the trend continues in 2019 for high-performing and low-performing regions alike.