On June 29, 2005, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a scientific conference "Russia, the CIS, the Muslim World and Problems of Terrorism", organized by the Department of Complex Problems of International Relations of the Institute. The conference was attended by researchers, diplomats and teachers of higher educational institutions. The conference discussed a wide range of topical issues related to the policy of Russia and other CIS countries in Asia and Africa, political, economic and other processes taking place in the Muslim world, as well as the tasks of the fight against international terrorism. Opening the conference, A. M. Khazanov (Institute of Islamic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences), in particular, said: "The purpose of our conference is to discuss a complex set of interrelated problems, including Russia's policy in the regions of the traditional spread of Islam, the policy of Muslim states, successes and defeats in the fight against international terrorism. It is intended to discuss four interrelated levels of relations: the center's relations with internal Russian Islamic regions, policy towards the near Islamic abroad (former Soviet republics), policy towards the far Islamic abroad, and policy towards international terrorism. When developing Russian foreign policy, it is necessary to take into account the mutual influence of forces at all four levels on each other, as well as the processes taking place in the internal Russian Islamic regions, in the near and far Islamic abroad. I see the task of our conference as a comprehensive analysis of all these processes and the influence of the Islamic factor on Russia's relations with the Muslim world." V. I. Gusarov (Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in his report "The role of Eastern countries in the formation of the North Caucasus syndrome in the 1990s-early 2000s" analyzed two monographs by Colonel-General G. N. Troshev, who until 200 ... Read more