Tag: Russia

Responses to Russian anti-satellite tests should be more about capability than condemnation (Christopher Stone, Defense News)

Recently, the Russian Federation conducted a successful missile launch that destroyed a defunct Kosmos electronic intelligence satellite. This demonstration of precision targeting by a ground-based anti-satellite...

Are Russia and Ukraine Once Again on the Brink of War? (Alexander Baunov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Once again, the world is discussing the possibility of Russia waging war against Ukraine. This time, however, the circumstances are extraordinary. Are Russia and Ukraine...

Blinken warns of ‘high-impact’ economic steps if Russia invades Ukraine (Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters)

The United States is deeply concerned by evidence that Russia has made plans for significant aggressive moves against Ukraine and will respond with a...

Kremlin Downplays Lukashenka’s Gas Threat As Poland Summons Belarus Attaché (RFE RL)

The Kremlin has downplayed a renewed threat by Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka to cut Russian gas supplies to the European Union in response to...

Kyiv Calls For NATO ‘Deterrence Package’ Against Moscow Amid Tensions Over Military Buildup (RFE RL)

Ukraine says it will ask NATO to boost military cooperation with Kyiv and prepare economic sanctions as part of a “deterrence package" to prevent...

Russia orders US diplomats to leave as Ukraine tensions escalate (Al Jazeera)

Tensions between Russia and the United States have further soured a day before top officials from both countries are set to meet, with Moscow...

Kyiv Calls For NATO ‘Deterrence Package’ Against Moscow Amid Tensions Over Military Buildup (RFE RL)

Ukraine says it will ask NATO to boost military cooperation with Kyiv and prepare economic sanctions as part of a “deterrence package" to prevent...

China-Russia joint communique urges cooperation on Huawei’s Harmony OS for first time (Global Times)

China and Russia will continue in-depth cooperation on terminal operating systems, including Russia's Aurora and Huawei's Harmony OS and openEuler, and promote exchanges between...

Lavrov’s Leaks: Moscow Embarrasses Berlin and Paris in Negotiations Over Ukraine (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian diplomacy is testing its rogue-state practices on its Western diplomatic counterparts, and finds them malleable. On November 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

Ukraine’s Troubles, Putin’s ‘Red Lines’ and Biden’s Warnings (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Crisis is brewing yet again in the intrinsically antagonistic relations between Russia and Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin seeks to harvest richer political dividends...

China-Russia govt heads meeting to enhance synergy in military, energy in response to US hegemony (Deng Xiaoci, Global Times)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to meet with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin via video conference on Tuesday, for the 26th regular meeting...

Attack on Ukraine would be costly, NATO warns Moscow (Humeyra Pamuk and Sabine Siebold, Reuters)

Russia would pay a high price for any new military aggression against Ukraine, NATO and the United States warned on Tuesday as the Western...

Russia says NATO deploying ‘significant’ hardware near its borders (Reuters)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused NATO on Tuesday of deploying a significant amount of military hardware near Russia's borders and said Moscow could...

Ukraine PM says Russia ‘absolutely’ behind coup attempt (Reuters)

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Tuesday that Russia was "absolutely" behind what he said was an attempt to organise a coup to...

Putin says he hasn’t decided whether to run again for president in 2024 (Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he had not yet decided whether to run for a new six-year term in the Kremlin when...

Russian Navy test-fires hypersonic missile in the White Sea (The Associated Press, Defense News)

Russia’s Navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile, the military said Monday. The Defence Ministry said the frigate Admiral Gorshkov launched the Zircon cruise missile...