Tag: Russia

‘Time is not in Russia’s favor’: Battlefield losses and economic pain pile pressure on Putin, European spy chief says

(Sebastian Shukla, Tim Lister - CNN) Russian President Vladimir Putin is running out of time to win his war against Ukraine, amid a stalemate...

Lithuania calls for frozen Russian assets to return to Ukraine funding debate

(Chris Lunday and Nicholas Vinocur - Politico) Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Europe should put frozen Russian assets back on the table as...

Xi and Putin pledge closer cooperation on AI, cyberspace and satellite systems

(Daryna Antoniuk - The Record) Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used a summit in Beijing on Wednesday to deepen their...

China and Russia’s strategic duo endures – but its limits are clear

(Yu Jie - Chatham House) In the past six months, Beijing has emerged as a diplomatic crossroads for all permanent members of the UN...

Cina e Russia mai così vicine. Ma la tela di Xi ha tanti fili

(Marzia Giglioli) Amici, e mai così vicini tra loro, Xi Jinping e Putin. Pechino e Mosca tornano a mostrarsi uniti sulla scena globale con un'abile...

Russia’s Push for Digital Sovereignty Yielding Mixed Results

(Luke Rodeheffer - The Jamestown Foundation) Russia’s digital sovereignty push is multi-pronged, encompassing software, operating systems, hardware, and telecommunications. Kremlin directives have mandated that...

Chaiko Appointed New Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces

(Alex Horobets - Jamestown Foundation) Colonel General Alexander Chaiko has been appointed the new commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, replacing Viktor Afzalov. Chaiko...

UK says surveillance plane dangerously intercepted by Russian jets last month

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Two Russian jets last month intercepted a British Royal Air Force surveillance plane over the Black Sea, in what Britain’s defense ministry...

Central Asia’s Increasing Commitment to Ankara’s Turkic World Alarms Moscow

(Paul Globe - The Jamestown Foundation) Moscow has long been nervous about the growing identification of Central Asians and their governments with the Turkic...

Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears

(UN News) The war in Ukraine, now well into its fifth year, “is becoming deadlier by the day”, a senior UN official warned in...

From Moscow to Crimea, Ukraine is winning the drone war against Russia

(David Kirichenko - Atlantic Council) Moscow residents were left shaken last weekend by one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks of the entire war....

Cina: dopo Trump arriva Putin. Pechino è la pietra angolare

(Marzia Giglioli)  Al di là di quelle che saranno le comunicazioni ufficiali, l'arrivo di Putin in Cina, a pochi giorni dalla visita di Trump a...

Russia announces three-day nuclear drills

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Russia’s army on Tuesday began three days of nuclear weapons drills involving thousands of troops across the country, as Kyiv escalates its...

Putin says Russia, China ready to back each other on issues such as protecting sovereignty

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Russia and China are ready to support each other on a wide range of issues, including national unity and protection of sovereignty,...

Genuine Russian Cossacks Fight For Ukraine Against Putin’s Regime

(Richard Arnold - The Jamestown Foundation) Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed a divide within the Cossack movement, with many Kremlin-backed Cossacks supporting Moscow...

Putin’s Beijing Visit Promises Few Rewards

(Pavel K. Baev - The Jamestown Foundation) The timing and scale of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming May 19–20 Beijing visit underscores Russia’s weakened...