Two historical nations on the poles of the great European diagonal

Abstract

The session ‘Russia-Spain. The fortieth anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between countries (19772017)' held within the framework of the Gaidar forum-2017 aroused interest not only Russian diplomats, scientists and journalists, but also their Spanish colleagues. As a result of last year's meeting, there was a further rapprochement of the positions of the two countries on many issues, new areas of cooperation developed. The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration actively maintains contacts with Spanish colleagues in the educational sphere, which is greatly facilitated by the activities of the Embassy of Spain in the Russian Federation. The decision to continue discussions on the development of cooperation between the countries aroused mutual interest. At the Gaidar forum 2018, it was decided to talk about the role of the media in shaping the image of countries in the minds of citizens of Russia and Spain, about gaps and mistakes in the work of the media, about ways to overcome them. During the discussion, it was repeatedly emphasized that the media should be aware of the responsibility to consumers of their products, that the result of the media is not only a mental image of the partner country, but also intensification or, conversely, inhibition of foreign economic relations and contacts of the business community. The development of partnership relations should be considered as a special communicative space that contributes to the fullest disclosure of the social and innovative potential of business in Russia and Spain. Information and analytical infrastructure is associated with the creation of the united information field for business.