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The Islamic State’s Anti-Russia Propaganda Campaign and Criticism of Taliban-Russian Relations (Lucas Webber, The Jamestown Foundation)

In his first speech following the official declaration of the Islamic State’s (IS) caliphate in 2014, the new caliph, Abubakr al-Baghdadi, delivered his famous...

Uncategorized January 18, 2022

What Does Putin’s Conservatism Seek to Conserve? (Timothy Colton, Valdai Discussion Club)

Vladimir Putin is a familiar face to every Russian and to news-attentive audiences worldwide. Nonetheless, he keeps many thoughts to himself and seldom provides more than a glimpse of what goes on inside...

Uncategorized January 18, 2022

Ukraine bonds sink into distress, Russia drops as tensions bite (Reuters)

Ukrainian sovereign dollar bonds slipped into distressed territory and Russian bonds suffered sharp falls on Monday as geopolitical tensions between the two countries showed...

Uncategorized January 17, 2022

Belarus To Hold Military Drills With Russia In February Amid Tensions With West (RFE RL)

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said that joint military maneuvers will be held with Russia in February close to the borders with Ukraine as...

Uncategorized January 17, 2022

Berlin Calls For Diplomacy Over Ukraine, Warns Russia Against Attacking (RFE RL)

During a visit to Kyiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said diplomacy is "the only way" to resolve a tense standoff between Moscow...

Uncategorized January 17, 2022

Moscow refuses to rule out Latin America military deployments (Al Jazeera)

Moscow has again refused to rule out deploying military units to Cuba and Venezuela as tensions with the West over Ukraine simmer, saying it is “exploring...

Uncategorized January 17, 2022

Russia says it dismantled REvil hacking group at US request (Al Jazeera)

Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which it detained and charged the...

Uncategorized January 15, 2022

Missile systems and tanks spotted in Russian far east, heading west (Michael Sheldon, DFRLab)

In the first weeks of January 2022, video footage emerged of military equipment moving westward by rail all throughout the Eastern Military District (MD)...

Uncategorized January 15, 2022

Top Ukrainian official: Get the presidents of Ukraine, Russia, and the US together (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

With tens of thousands of Russian troops still massed along his country’s borders—and following a week of tense diplomacy between Russia and the West—Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Uncategorized January 15, 2022

Russia: Repression Escalates (Human Rights Watch)

Russian authorities unleashed a full-fledged witch hunt on civic groups, independent media and journalists, political opposition and other critics in the run-up to the parliamentary...

Uncategorized January 15, 2022

Navalny Associates Volkov, Zhdanov Placed On Russia’s ‘Terrorist’ List (RFE RL)

Ivan Zhdanov and Leonid Volkov, two of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's closest associates, have been placed on the country's list of "extremists...