On Friday, January 12, 2024, the HK+ Project Group of the Russian Institute (Director Sang-yong Pyo) held the annual seminar ‘The Unfinished War: Outlook for Russia in 2024’ as part of the publication of the annual Russia Report. The Russia Report seminar is a regular academic event held every January by the Russian Institute, focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war that has been ongoing since it broke out in 2022.

This academic seminar, which began with an opening speech by Pyo Sang-yong, Director of the Russian Institute, and a congratulatory speech by Kim Hyun-taek, Chairman of the Eurasian Policy Institute, consisted of two sessions. The first meeting, moderated by Je Seong-hoon, professor of Korean language at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, covered interesting and wide-ranging topics in the fields of domestic politics (Yeon Dam-rin, research professor at Hanshin University), economy (Park Ji-won, research fellow at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency), and external relations (Lee Ju-yeon, academic research professor at Hanyang University). A wide discussion took place. The second meeting was moderated by Professor Kim Soo-hwan of the Department of Korean Language, and looked at Russia over the past year in terms of military security (Kim Gyu-cheol, lecturer at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), Korea-Russia relations (Professor Byun Hyun-seop, Keimyung University), and social culture (HK Professor Lee Ji-yeon) and looked at notable events. It was a time to share.

After each presentation, about 50 attendees, including a designated discussant, shared their opinions to look at the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on Russian society, international relations, and our Russian academia, and to forecast Russia in 2024. The manuscripts presented at this seminar will be summarized and distributed online through the Russia-Eurasia Focus column published by the Russian Institute, and will be published as a book in March.