Tag: Russia

Armenia, Azerbaijan Pledge Progress After Putin Hosts Talks On Borders, Transit, Trade (RFE RL)

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have expressed a willingness toward progress on border delimitation and improving economic and transport links after Russian President...
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Zelenskiy Says Coup Plot Uncovered, Ukraine Ready For Any Escalation With Russia (RFE RL)

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine's intelligence service has uncovered plans to stage a coup involving people from Russia that was due to occur next...
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The Drums of War in Taiwan and Ukraine (Carl Bildt, Project-Syndicate)

The vastness of Eurasia is becoming bracketed by belligerence. On the western front, Russia has deployed a growing number of military units to the regions near...
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Another Associate Of Jailed Navalny Goes Into Exile, Fearing Arrest In Russia (RFE RL)

Another associate of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny is going into exile amid an ongoing crackdown against the defunct organizations associated with the...
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Russian, Serbian Presidents Emerge From Meeting With Talk Of Gas Deal, ‘Tactical’ Weapons (RFE RL)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic have left a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi talking up weapons sales...
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Moscow Says It’s Ready To Help Armenia, Turkey Normalize Relations (RFE RL)

Russia says it is prepared to mediate efforts to repair relations between Armenia and Turkey following reports earlier this week of a request by...
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Russian Supreme Court Hears Arguments To Close Rights Group Memorial (RFE RL)

Russia's Supreme Court has begun hearing federal prosecutors' arguments aimed at shutting down one of the post-Soviet world's most prestigious human rights organizations, International...
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Merkel Urges EU Unity On Russia, Assures Poland, Ukraine Amid Border Tensions (RFE RL)

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the European Union needs to be ready to increase sanctions against Russia if the situation worsens...
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What’s Behind The Russia-Ukraine War Fears — And What Might Actually Happen? (RFE RL)

Talk of war is again in the air. When Russia massed thousands of troops along its border with Ukraine last spring, reports and rumors...
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Why are China and Russia strengthening ties? (Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera)

Weeks after sailing warships around Japan’s main island, the Chinese and Russian militaries have sent bomber flights into Japanese and South Korean air defence...
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Central Asian elites choose China over Russia (Jon Yuan Jiang, East Asia Forum)

Since 2019, more than 40 protests were held against ‘Chinese expansion’ in Central Asia. Yet Central Asian elites have hardly had a bad word to say....
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War Between Russia and Ukraine: A Basic Scenario? (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Concern is growing in the Western media over Russian military activity in the southwestern theatre. There are opinions that Russia is preparing a military campaign against Ukraine. The supposed goal is to break...
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The Coming Deluge: Russia’s Looming Lost Decade of Unpaid Bills and Economic Stagnation (Andrei Kolesnikov, Denis Volkov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

With all the problems facing the Russian economy, many are wondering how the government will respond. As Moscow finally wakes up to the reality...
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China, Russia to further boost trade with more agriculture, energy deals expected (Global Times)

Chinese and Russian officials are holding back-to-back talks on Wednesday and Thursday to further boost bilateral cooperation in various areas, including trade between Northeast...
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The Threat from Outer Space: Russia Tests Kinetic DA-ASAT Weapon (Erin Pobjie, Just Security)

Russia’s unannounced direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile test last Monday raises important legal and policy questions about the prohibition on the use of force in...
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Fearing new Russian threat, Ukraine races to upgrade its navy (Sebastian Shukla and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN)

The Ukrainian naval patrol boat "Kremenchuk" churns out into the gun-grey waters of the Sea of Azov, one mounted machine gun pointing aft, another...
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