Tag: Russia

RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA – Russia’s Deputy PM: Saudi Aramco could expand role in Russian energy (Al Arabiya)

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Sunday said that work was continuing to expand Saudi Aramco’s role in Russian energy projects. “Energy continues to...

SAUDI ARABIA/RUSSIA/OPEC – Saudi Arabia and Russia express unity ahead of OPEC+ summit (Al Arabiya)

Saudi Arabia and Russia on Saturday said they backed each other ahead of a key OPEC+ oil summit, following a tumultuous year of differences...

RUSSIA – Putin denies involvement in Navalny’s poisoning (Al Arabiya)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of his top political foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny,...

USA/RUSSIA – Russia playing political games, stalling progress in Mediterranean: Pompeo (Al Arabiya)

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday blasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over comments that the US is playing political games in...

RUSSIA/USA – Russian President Putin congratulates Joe Biden on US election victory (Al Arabiya)

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (File photo: AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election, after...

USA/RUSSIA – Managing US sanctions toward Russia (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/11/managing-us-sanctions-toward-russia/

RUSSIA/USA/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA – Russia condemns US recognition of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara (Al Arabiya)

Mikhail Bogdanov speaks to journalists on September 6, 2016. (Abbas Momani/AFP) Russia on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over...

RUSSIA/NAGORNO KARABAKH – Russia’s ‘Peacekeeping’ Operation in Karabakh: Foundation of a Russian Protectorate (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation) (

(Source: Daily Sabah) Russian troops deployed to Upper (“Nagorno”) Karabakh exceed by far the number stipulated in the November 9 armistice agreement (see EDM, November 12, 13)...

RUSSIA/TURKEY/POST SOVIET SPACE – Moscow Concerned About Turkish Influence on the Gagauz (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkey’s success in the South Caucasus is echoing across the former Soviet space as well as inside the Russian Federation itself; and not surprisingly,...

RUSSIA/WEST – Russian Prepares for Total War With the West (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

According to the pro-Kremlin pollster FOM, the majority of Russians (53 percent) consider the threat of nuclear war “real,” with most believing the main...

RUSSIA/NORD STREAM 2 – Back to December: Exposing Nord Stream 2 Spin (Benjamin Schmitt, CEPA)

The Kremlin seeks to present its energy infrastructure project as a done deal, a fait accompli that sanctions are powerless to halt. None of...

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...