Tag: Russia

After COP26: Russia’s Path to the Global Green Future (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

At the COP26 UN climate change summit that ended last week, Russia was noted mainly for President Vladimir Putin’s decision not to attend in...

New Paradigm of US Foreign Policy and Relations with Russia (Dmitry Suslov, Valdai Discussion Club)

US foreign policy is undergoing an important transition. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan drew a final and symbolic line under the period of its foreign policy, which began not...

Russian ASAT Test Highlights (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Russia has joined the anti-satellite test frenzy, conducting a successful test on November 15. The United States Space Command issued a statement confirming that...

Russian-U.S. Diaspora Group Shuts Down, Blaming ‘FBI Measures’ (Mike Eckel, RFE RL)

A Russian cultural group in the United States says it has shut down after some of its members were questioned by FBI agents allegedly...

China highly appreciates Putin’s ‘China-Russia model’: FM (Global Times)

Russian President Vladimir Putin's positive statement on China-Russia relations once again shows that Russia, especially Putin himself, attaches great importance to the development of...

Moldova Uniquely Vulnerable to Russian Energy Servitude (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Moldova’s natural gas market has become physically accessible to non-Russian gas suppliers through the Romania-Moldova interconnector, the Iasi–Ungheni–Chisinau pipeline. Built and operated by Romanian...

US ‘democracy summit’ another misguided attempt to divide world: Russian Ambassador to China (Fan Anqi, Fan Lingzhi, Global Times)

The so-called "democracy summit" to be held by the US in December is another misguided attempt to divide the world into categories of "superior...

Chinese, Russian bombers hold joint patrol, safeguarding world strategic stability amid Western provocations (Wang Qi, Global Times)

Chinese and Russian air forces have conducted a joint strategic air patrol in the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, the Chinese and Russian defense ministries...

Pentagon Scrambles to Defend ‘Juicy Targets’ After Rivals’ Space Tests (Tara Copp, Defense One)

Russia’s direct ascent anti-satellite launch Monday is adding urgency to the U.S. Space Force’s efforts to better defend U.S. space assets, and has left...

The US Must Turn the Tables on Russia’s Psyops (Ivana Stradner, Defense One)

Andrei Ilnitsky, an advisor to the Russian defense minister, maintains that the U.S. is waging a “psychological war” against Russia. If only. Since the Cold War, America’s...

The Belarus Crisis and the Union State Military Doctrine (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

Belarus and Moscow have signed a new Union State Military Doctrine, though the document remains unpublished. This comes within the context of the Belarus...

Why chaos in eastern Europe is never bad news for Vladimir Putin (Luke McGee, CNN)

Alarm bells are ringing in Europe's halls of diplomacy. In recent days, senior Western officials have expressed their concern at the thousands of Russian forces that...

Russia rejects accusations of endangering ISS astronauts (Daria Litvinova, The Associated Press, Defense News)

Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test that created more than...

Moscow Worried by Ankara’s Expansive Vision of ‘Turkic World’ (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Since the victory of Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan in the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November 9, 2020), Russian commentators have been concerned about Ankara’s efforts...

How the Kremlin has weaponized the Facebook files (Jessica Brandt, Brookings)

In recent weeks, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has delivered damning testimony to lawmakers in Washington, London, and Brussels, painting a portrait of a company aware of its harmful effects on...

China establishes space weather centre with Russia – national weather service (Reuters)

China and Russia have established a space weather centre in Beijing as part of worldwide efforts to improve global space weather centre systems, the...