Tag: Russia

(Turkey/Russia) Turkey continues talks with Russia on supply of second regiment of S-400 (TASS)

It would be problematic for Ankara to refuse the purchase of Russian air defense systems S-400, the defense minister said https://tass.com/defense/1244813

(Russia) Consortium for development of new generation nuclear energy technologies created in Russia (TASS)

The consortium will focus, among other things, on the development of new materials for 4th generation nuclear reactors and thermonuclear reactor DEMO, on expanding...

(Russia) Foreign Ministry castigates Silicon Valley’s arbitrary censorship of Russian media (TASS)

Moscow has raised red flags about US-based big tech’s arbitrary censorship of Russian media, which has recently transformed into a persistent occurrence, the Russian...

(Russia/New START) Russia ready to discuss New START extension with new US administration, says ambassador (TASS)

The ambassador is confident that the extension of New START for a 5-year period "will allow us to maintain the current ceilings on strategic...

(Russia) Russian budget to get extra $996.2 mln of oil revenues in January (TASS)

The expected amount of extra oil and gas revenues of the federal budget is related to actual oil price overrunning the baseline level, the...

(Russia/Baltic Region) Russia’s strategic interests and actions in the Baltic Region (Heinrich Brauß, András Rácz, DGAP)

This report deals with Russia’s geopolitical objectives, policy and strategy, and their effects across the wider Baltic Region. The second part sums up NATO’s response...

(Russia) Russia’s Space Policy: The Path of Decline? (Florian Vidal, IFRI)

With the advent of New Space, Russia is engaged in a race against time to preserve one of its major industrial assets. Russia’s Space Policy:...

(Siberia/Russia) Year 2020 in Review: Siberians Take Center Stage in Russia (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Khabarovsk protests (Source: Getty Images) The long-running demonstrations in Khabarovsk last year captured the imagination of Russians not only east of the Urals but west...

(USA/CHINA/RUSSIA) The Biden Transition and U.S. Competition with China and Russia: The Crisis-Driven Need to Change U.S. Strategy (Anthony H. Cordesman with the assistance...

The U.S. needs to fundamentally reassess its approach to competing and cooperating with China and Russia. Its present path has tilted more and more...

USA/RUSSIA/HACKING/INTELLIGENCE – FBI, CISA, ODNI and NSA blames Russia for SolarWinds hack (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/113071/hacking/us-blames-russia-solarwinds-hack.html

USA/SYRIA/RUSSIA – Reframing US Syria policy: The road to Damascus runs through Moscow (Daniel L. Magruder Jr. and Rodrick H. McHaty, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/reframing-us-syria-policy-the-road-to-damascus-runs-through-moscow/

RUSSIA/UK – Moscow expands list of UK officials banned from Russia in spat over Navalny poisoning (Al Arabiya)

Moscow on Wednesday expanded a list of UK officials banned from entering Russia in a tit-for-tat response to British sanctions imposed over the poisoning...

USA/RUSSIA – Biden and Russia: Pressure, But Not Too Much (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

As the world awaits Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the US, Washington’s relations with China are under primary scrutiny. However, ties with Russia...

RUSSIA – Russia and Its Near Abroad (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Russia, which seeks to limit the scale of its responsibility, intervenes only when its policy is guaranteed to yield a positive result for Russian interests, writes Valdai Club Programme...

SYRIA/RUSSIA/IRAN – Russia and Iran in Syria and Beyond: Challenges Ahead (RIAC)

This paper aims to analyze the pivotal points of the Middle Eastern crises and to which extent the interests of Moscow and Tehran overlap...

RUSSIA/ASIA PACIFIC REGION – Experts Discuss the Near Future of the Asia Pacific Region (RIAC)

On December 24, 2020 the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a webinar “Russia and the Asia Pacific region in 2021”. https://russiancouncil.ru/en/news/experts-discuss-the-near-future-of-the-asia-pacific-region/