Tag: Russia

Putin’s parade projected weakness but he is now more dangerous than ever

(Maksym Beznosiuk, William Dixon - Atlantic Council) Since taking office in 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin has transformed the country’s Victory Day celebrations into...
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Cui Bono? Tackling Russian Illicit Finance

(Matthew McGlynn - RUSI) The concept of cui bono – who benefits? – was first popularised by the Roman statesman Cicero and has been...
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Russia’s prison population falls as convicts are sent to war

(Lucy Pakhnyuk - The Kyiv Independent) Russia's prison population has decreased by more than 180,000 inmates over five years, a decline partly driven by...
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Central Asia Diversifies and Indigenizes Defense Procurement to Limit Reliance on Moscow

(Bradley Jardine, Edward Lemon - The Jamestown Foundation) On January 13, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced plans to revise Uzbekistan’s 2018 Defense Doctrine, signaling...
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Vladimir Putin Creating ‘New Oprichnina’

(Kassie Corelli - The Jamestown Foundation) Independent Russian investigative journalism platform Important Stories published a report on May 4 about the growing split among...
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Russian lawmakers approve bill allowing Putin to invade foreign countries

(Abbey Fenbert - The Kyiv Independent) Russia's State Duma, the lower house of the country's parliament, approved a bill on May 13 that gives...
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Russian independent media publish new estimate of Russia’s losses in Ukraine

(Lucy Pakhnyuk - The Kyiv Independent) For the first time this year, independent Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza on May 9 updated their...
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Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to an end. Russia’s 2022 invasion of...
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Russia Rehearsing Tactics Along NATO’s Baltic Frontline

(Anna J. Davis - The Jamestown Foundation) Drones originating from Russia entered Latvian airspace on May 7. Irrespective of whether the drones are Russian...
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Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating ceasefire

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of violating a two-day ceasefire announced by Moscow to cover the celebrations of the...
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Kenya FM says 19 Kenyans have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Kenya’s foreign minister said on Thursday 19 citizens had died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline and 32 others were missing, as criticism...
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Latvia says drones entered airspace from Russia, 1 may have crashed near oil facility

(Tania Myronyshena - The Kyiv Independent) Several drones entered Latvian airspace from Russia early on May 7, with one of them crashing near an...
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Extra security measures being taken for Putin at Victory Day events: Kremlin

(Agencies/Al Arabiya) The Kremlin said on Thursday that extra security measures were being put in place for Russian President Vladimir Putin in case Ukraine...
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Deep in Russia Grow Public Alarm

(Kassie Corelli - The Jamestown Foundation) On April 25, a Ukrainian drone struck Yekaterinburg—a city far from the front and the capital of the...
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Russian fiber-optic FPV drones reach Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s Donbas stronghold

(Kollen Post - The Kyiv Independent) Russian FPVs are reaching deeper into Ukraine’s Donbas fortress belt of highly fortified cities. Photos published on X...
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UK sanctions Russian individuals, entities responsible for exploiting migrants in its war effort

(Kate Tsurkan - The Kyiv Independent) The U.K. announced on May 5 that it had imposed new sanctions on 35 individuals and entities for...
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