Tag: Russia

The Anniversary That Russia Fails to Internalize (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The topics of Russia’s plight and future prospects came up again and again last week, in the December 7 video-conversation between Presidents Joseph Biden...

Commending the European Union’s Sanctions Actions Against Wagner Group and Affiliates (US Department of State)

The United States welcomes the European Union’s actions to sanction the Russia-backed Wagner Group and its associates.  These actions underscore our joint commitment to...

Russian Investigative Website Fined For Breaking ‘Foreign Agent’ Law (RFE RL)

A court in Moscow has fined investigative website The Insider for failing to mark its materials as being produced by a "foreign agent," a...

Russian Supreme Court Resumes Hearing To Close Rights Group Memorial (RFE RL)

Russia's Supreme Court has resumed a hearing into a request by federal prosecutors to shut down one of the post-Soviet world's oldest and most...

EU slaps sanctions on Russian mercenary group Wagner (Al Jazeera)

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, as well as on eight individuals and three other energy companies...

EU Says It’s In ‘Deterrent Mode,’ Looking To Make Russia Think Twice About Invading Ukraine (RFE RL)

European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to coordinate a response consisting of a new round of economic sanctions against Moscow if it...

The external dimensions of India-Russia relations (Amb P S Raghavan, VIF)

In the two decades since India and Russia declared a new strategic partnership, the global geopolitical landscape has undergone major transformations. While the partnership...

EU To Sanction Russian Mercenary Group Vagner (RFE RL)

The EU is expected to sanction the Russian private military contractor Vagner Group for committing human rights abuses in conflicts around the globe. EU foreign...

French and German approaches to Russia: What do they mean for EU policy? (Chatham House)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, France and Germany have been among the biggest supporters of engagement with Russia within the European Union...

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia and Ukraine (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the...

Russian COVID-19 Diplomacy in Africa: A Mixed Bag (Paul Stronski, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Russian state-controlled media outlets lavished attention on the Sputnik V vaccine following its August 2020 launch. A robust public relations campaign furthered these efforts...

G7 Foreign Ministers Amplify Warnings Against Russian Aggression Toward Ukraine (RFE RL)

A meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers in England will wrap up on December 12 after talks dominated by Russia's massive...

Russia’s New Front In the Balkans Heats Up (Harun Karčić, The National Interest)

“If we falter, the Balkans will explode again,” warned the United Kingdom’s former Foreign Secretary William Hague. Russia’s New Front In the Balkans Heats Up | The...

To Resist Russia, Ukraine Must Help Itself (Janusz Bugajski, Margarita Assenova, The National Interest)

Perpetual political infighting, media wars between oligarchs, and accusations of domestic coup attempts, together with a failing energy policy undermines Ukraine’s stability and statehood....

Strategic Clarity Can Counter Chinese and Russian Aggression (Jack Devine, Jonathan D. T. Ward, The National Interest)

To prevent the onward geopolitical march of China and Russia and the dystopian outcome of a world in which adversary systems have truly global...

Senior U.S. Official To Travel To Ukraine, Russia Amid Effort To Ease Tension (RFE RL)

A top U.S. official is being dispatched to Ukraine and Russia next week amid an effort to ease tension between the two nations. U.S. Assistant...