Tag: Russia

Russian Debt and Sanctions. Amended Again (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

In the United States, there is a renewed discussion about the advisability of expanding sanctions on Russian sovereign debt. Similar sanctions already exist: they were introduced sequentially by Donald Trump...

Biden-Putin video call draws world attention as Ukraine tensions grow (Xu Yelu, Global Times)

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak in a video call Tuesday as tensions between the US and...

Biden and Putin set to talk about Ukraine in video call on Tuesday (Steve Holland, Tom Balmforth, Reuters)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a video call on Tuesday, with the two leaders set to discuss the...

Azerbaijan Returns Captured Armenian Soldiers In Exchange For Mine Maps (RFE RL)

Azerbaijan has freed 10 Armenian soldiers captured during deadly border clashes last month. In return, Armenia handed over maps detailing the location minefields in the...

Biden, Putin Set Video Call For Next Week To Discuss Ukraine, Other Issues (RFE RL)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will hold a secure video call on December 7 to discuss Ukraine and other topics,...

Russian Ruling Party Sticks With Medvedev As Chairman, Other Familiar Faces (RFE RL)

Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and longtime sidekick to Vladimir Putin, has won a new five-year term as chairman of the ruling United Russia...

Biden, Putin set video call Tuesday as Ukraine tensions grow (AP, Arab News)

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin said, as tensions between the United...

U.S. Says It Wants To Be Prepared In Case Russia Invades Ukraine, Hopes To Make Aggression ‘Very, Very Difficult’ (RFE RL)

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration says it wants to be prepared in case Russia invades Ukraine and the onus is on Moscow to change...

Current, Former RFE/RL Journalists Labeled As ‘Foreign Agents’ By Russia (RFE RL)

Russia's Justice Ministry has labeled four current and former RFE/RL journalists as "foreign agents" -- a designation used by the government to designate what...

Kremlin Says Preliminary Date Set For Putin-Biden Video Call (RFE RL)

An aide to Vladimir Putin told reporters on December 3 that a video call would be held between the Russian leader and U.S. President...

Russia sends missiles near Pacific islands claimed by Japan (Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press, Defense News)

The Russian military has deployed coastal defense missile systems near the Kuril Islands, a Pacific chain also claimed by Japan. The move appeared intended to...

U.S. Calls Russian Military Activity Near Ukraine Cause For ‘A Lot Of Concern,’ As Kyiv Warns Moscow It Will ‘Fight Back’ (RFE RL)

The United States is tracking enough indicators surrounding Russian military activity near Ukraine to trigger "a lot of concern," the top U.S. military officer...

The Week In Russia: A Mine Disaster And A ‘Destabilizing Fixation’ (Steve Gutterman, RFE RL)

As the COVID-19 crisis persisted and tragedy struck at a Siberian coal mine, President Vladimir Putin fixed his gaze on Ukraine and the West,...

Russian Ideologists Call for External Expansion: What Can Ukraine Expect? (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Kyiv’s western allies continue to express concern over the buildup of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine (see EDM, November 8, 29). US Secretary of...

Putin’s Ultimatum to America (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

In the past several weeks, relations between Moscow and Washington nosedived, with multiple overlapping potential crises and increasingly toxic rhetoric aggravating an already dangerous...

U.S. Concerned Over Russia’s Ukraine Stance; Moscow Expels U.S. Diplomats (RFE RL)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is concerned over Russia's stance toward Ukraine as he prepares to meet Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...