Tag: Russia

(Russia/Hungary) Hungary expects to negotiate gas supplies with Gazprom (TASS)

Gas deliveries to Hungary are planned to be discussed with Chief Executive Officer of Gazprom Alexei Miller after successful talks with Russian Deputy Prime...
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(Russia) Russia rounds up Navalny allies as weekend protests loom (Al Jazeera)

Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny plan to hold demonstrations throughout Russia over his recent arrest. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/russia-rounds-up-navalny-allies-as-weekend-protests-loom
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(Egypt/Russia/Black Sea/Turkey) Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey? (Ridvan Bari Urcosta, The Jamestown Foundation)

In November 2020, Russia and Egypt conducted their first joint naval exercises in the Black Sea. The Bridge of Friendship-2020 naval drills brought the Egyptian Navy...
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(Russia/Karabakh) Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s “peacekeeping” operation in Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh, which ended the 44-day war last November, is laying the foundation of a Russian protectorate in this...
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(Russia/USA) Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin-controlled Russian media and top officialdom have greeted President Joe Biden and his administration taking power in the US with a massive, almost...
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(Moldova/Russia) Year 2020 in Review: The Scorched-Earth Political Strategy of the Pro-Russian Ex-President Dodon (Dumitru Minzarari, The Jamestown Foundation)

In a recent interview, the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov remarked that Moldova’s president Maia Sandu had more than enough domestic challenges demanding her...
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(Russia/Central African Republic) Russia’s Growing Military Presence in the Central African Republic (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 22, 2020, Russia announced sending additional military instructors to the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite initial rejection, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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(Russia/Defense/Military) Russian sappers test explosives search equipment based on new principles (TASS)

Russia’s International Antimine Center is testing explosives search instruments based on new principles, the center’s chief Vladimir Sidorenko told TASS. "Together with the Central Research...
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(Russia/Military) Russian Airborne Troops to receive new Klesch minelayer in 2021 (TASS)

Russian Airborne Troops will receive the newest Klesch minelayer, built on the Taifun-VDV chassis, Airborne Troops engineer service commander Colonel Ilya Shatin told Krasnaya...
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(Russia/Cryptocurrency) Nearly half of Russians are ready to pay with digital ruble — survey (TASS)

About half of Russians are ready to use the digital ruble for payments and only 15% of respondents do not trust the digital currency,...
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(Renault/Russia) Renault to release five new models on Russian market by 2025 (TASS)

French automaker Renault plans to launch five new car models in Russia by 2025, the first of which will be the updated Duster, CEO...
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(USA/Russia) Situation in US to require aggressive rhetoric against Russia from Biden — expert (TASS)

Inaugural US President Joseph Biden will use confrontational rhetoric against Moscow for his domestic political goals, but this will not necessarily be fully backed...
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(Russia/Georgia/EHCR) ECHR dismisses Georgia’s claims over 2008 events as unfounded (TASS)

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a number of Georgia’s claims against Russia in connection with the August 2008 events in...
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(USA/Russia/Iran) Can Russia Help Biden Get a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran? (Hanna Notte, Hamidreza Azizi, The National Interest)

Though Moscow’s stance on Iran’s regional activities might be ambivalent, Russian competition with Iran in Syria, as well as their military-defense cooperation, will afford...
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(Russia/West/Alexey Navalny) What the Navalny Arrest Means for Russia and the West (Mark Episkopos, The National Interest)

Overt Western threats in the Navalny affair risk having a paradoxical effect on Russian civil society: with every subsequent demand from Brussels or Washington,...
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(Russia/Military/Defense) Russian Su-57 jet to win over US F-35 in one-on-one dogfight, test pilot says (TASS)

Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet should be able to win over the US-made F-35 in case of a one-on-one dogfight, thanks to its...
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