Tag: Russia

RUSSIA/IRAQ – Russia and Iraq Deepen Energy, Military Ties (John C. K. Daly, The Jamestown Foundation)

As the United States hastens its drawdown of troops in Iraq before the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Joseph Biden, Russia is seeking to...

ABKHAZIA/RUSSIA – Abkhazia Bolsters Linkages With Russia (Zaal Anjaparidze, The Jamestown Foundation)

Abkhazian "President" Akhra Bzhania and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sochi, November 12 (Source: kremlin.ru) On November 24, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strictly condemned...

RUSSIA – Russia Strives for an Oil and Gas Resurgence (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

(Source: Bloomberg) As the global economy—animated by the arrival of multiple COVID-19 vaccines—hopes for the first signs of recovery, expectations also rise in Russia for...

RUSSIA/USA – Russia-linked hackers actively exploit CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw, NSA warns (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112006/apt/cve-2020-4006-vmware-russian-hackers.html

NATO/RUSSIA – In response to NATO ‘threat’, Russia adds firepower to Kaliningrad exclave (Al Arabiya)

Russian S-400 missile air defense systems are seen during a training exercise at a military base in Kaliningrad region, Russia August 11, 2020. (Reuters/Vitaly...

USA/RUSSIA – How Should Biden Deal with Moscow? with Rose Gottemoeller and David J. Kramer (Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Rose Gottemoeller and David J....

Rose Gottemoeller and David J. Kramer join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss priorities and approaches to the new administration’s diplomacy with Moscow....

RUSSIA – Russia’s Terminator Armored Fighting Vehicle Is Ready to Terminate (Peter Suciu, The National Interest)

The Russian Federation’s BMPT (Tank Support Fighting Vehicle), known as the “Terminator,” has traveled back in time to ensure the future for the machines—but...

RUSSIA – Behind the Rumors of Putin’s Illness: Distraction or Signal of Looming Changes at the Top? (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

(Source: RBC) This past month saw a new surge in “leaks” and speculation about the state of President Vladimir Putin’s health along with suggestions in...

RUSSIA – COVID-19 Slows Down Development of Russia’s Naval Nuclear Forces (Maxim Starchak, The Jamestown Foundation)

SevMash (Source: Sevmash.ru) The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the output of all sectors of Russian industry, including arms manufacturers (see EDM, April 20, 21, 29, July 28). And...

RUSSIA/ARMENIA/NAGORNO KARABAKH – Putin hails Armenian PM’s ‘courage’ in signing Karabakh deal (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s “courage” in agreeing to a peace deal over Nagorno-Karabakh that triggered a...

EUROPEAN RIGHTS COURT/RUSSIA – European Rights Court Finds Russia Denied Physicist Fair Trial In Treason Case (RFE/RL)

Physicist Valentin Danilov in 2012 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on December 1 ruled that Russia violated a top physicist’s right to a...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS – Russia Deploys Air-Defense Missiles To Disputed Kurile Islands (RFE/RL)

The Russian military has announced the deployment of advanced air-defense missiles to the Kurile Islands claimed by Japan. The S-300V4 air-defense missile systems have entered...

DEFENSE – Putin Approves Secret Russian Defense Plan for 2021–2025 (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

  General Valery Gerasimov, one of Russia's main military theoreticians (Source: Rossiyskaya Gazeta) On November 13, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree (ukaz) “On the Implementation...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS/JAPAN – Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed chain of islands near Japan (Al Arabiya)

Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defense systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS – Russia’s latest S-300 air defense units enter combat duty on Kuril Islands (TASS)

Earlier, the commander of the Eastern Military District’s forces personally checked readiness to enter combat duty https://tass.com/defense/1229773