Tag: Russia

Moscow Seeks to Retain Influence Over Moldova (Ksenia Kirillova – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia appears to be intensifying hybrid operations against Moldova, leveraging disinformation and false narratives to portray Western alliances as instigators of conflict while planning...

Kazakhstan Reinforces Multivector Foreign Policy (Alexander Kim – The Jamestown Foundation)

Kazakhstan has awarded Rosatom the contract to build its first nuclear power plant, signaling continued collaboration with Russia while simultaneously exploring future partnerships with...

Wagner Withdrawal Signals Potential Change in Russian Approach to Mali (Andrew McGregor – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s Wagner Group is being withdrawn from Mali after a three-and-a-half-year deployment with a mixed record of battlefield successes that have come at enormous...

Baku-Moscow Tensions Signal Türkiye’s Rise in the South Caucasus (Soufan Center)

In a significant shift in the South Caucasus region, tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have escalated sharply — marked by tit-for-tat public arrests in...

Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Escalate to Unprecedented Level (Vasif Huseynov – The Jamestown Foundation)

A Russian raid in Ekaterinburg targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis on June 27 resulted in deaths, injuries, and allegations of torture. This ignited a severe diplomatic...

Lack of Substantive Peace Talks Continues Russian Economic Downturn (Vadim Shtepa – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that he is unwilling to negotiate with “terrorist” Ukraine in early June caused a downturn in Russian markets as...

Geostrategic magazine (4 July 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Central Asia-Russia; China; Egypt-Gaza; Egypt-Saudi...

Russia’s military presence in post-Assad Syria: A growing security liability undermining stability (Samer al-Ahmed – Middle East Institute)

Syria witnessed a radical and wide-ranging transformation after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024. Almost immediately, questions arose as to...

Russian bulletproof hosting service Aeza Group sanctioned by US for ransomware work (Adam Janofsky – The Record)

A Russia-based company providing technical tools to ransomware gangs and digital drug dealers was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday. Aeza Group...

Cyberattack on Russian independent media had links to US-sanctioned institute, researchers find (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A Russian hosting provider allegedly involved in a recent cyberattack against independent media organizations in the country is reportedly connected to a state-affiliated research...

Can AI help Russia Decisively Improve its Information War Against the West? (Antonio Giustozzi – RUSI)

After the 2008 war with Georgia, Russian authorities concluded they were lagging their western rivals in information-war capabilities, especially propaganda. There is genuine concern...

Russia Futures. Balancing constraint, resilience, and potential – looking into the next decade for Russia and its implications on a global order (Mathew Burrows,...

For decades, Western experts have viewed Russia as a declining power citing a lack of population growth, technology innovation, and a falling GDP for...

Moscow’s Double Standards on Full Display Over Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities (Anna J. Davis – The Jamestown Foundation)

Kremlin officials are condemning the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities as violations of international law while simultaneously committing violations of Ukrainian sovereignty. Moscow...

Russia captures over 100-acre lithium reserve, one of Europe’s biggest ‘white gold’ sites (Interesting Engineering)

Russian forces have seized control of a key lithium-rich zone near the village of Shevchenko in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The site, located roughly 2...

A Tactical Triangle: The Evolving Geopolitical Alignment of Russia, China, and Iran (Soufan Center)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday — a meeting that underscored the trilateral relationship between...

Russia Future Watch – II. Decolonization for Security: Ukraine’s Strategic Policy Toward Indigenous Peoples Colonized by Russia (Yaroslav Yurchyshyn – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s full-scale invasion against Ukraine has revealed that the Russian Federation is not a true federation but an empire sustained by repression, colonization, and...