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IDC's Director of Studies spoke on Voice of Russia on 20 April 2012 on the forthcoming poll in France.

On 2 April 2012, IDC was honoured to receive the President of the Czech Republic for the launch of his latest book, "Saving the Democracies of Europe", published by François-Xavier de Guibert.

IDC's Director of Studies appeared on the BBC World Service on 5 March 2012 to debate the question, "Is Vladimir Putin a great leader?"

ON 23 February 2012, IDC's Director of Studies spoke on France 24 about the situation in Syria and about Russian policy towards that country and Iran.

IDC's Director of Studies spoke on RT on 13 February and said that the situation in the euro zone is untenable.

The IDC's Director of Studies said on RT on 14 January 2012 that Standard and Poor's downgrading of France would be seen as a decisive moment in the collapse of the euro.

On 8 December 2011, IDC was honoured to host the former Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas and three distinguished experts in international law for a conference on how the military operation against Libya affects international law."

IDC's president appeared on France 24's programme, "Debate", on 7 December 2011 to discuss the outcome of the Russian parliamentary elections and the subsequent demonstrations in Moscow. The opposition has claimed that the elections were marred by numerous fraud and irregularities.

IDC's Director of Studies spoke on RT on 24 November and drew a parallel between the humanitarian arguments now being used in favour of intervention in Syria and those abusively used to overthrow the regime in Libya.

IDC's Director of Studies spoke on RT within minutes of the announcement of the verdict against Julia Timoshenko. Laughland said that the use of the criminal law to adjudicate acts of state nearly always resulted in a politicisation of due process.