Tag: Russia

Joint Statement on Media Freedom Coalition on Media Freedom in Russia (US Department of State)

The following is the text of a joint statement signed by the governments of Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Latvia,...

Europe must defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s energy weapon (Diane Francis, Atlantic Council)

Russia’s role in Europe’s current gas crisis should be a wake-up call for Europeans who prefer to downplay the threat posed by Vladimir Putin’s revisionist regime. As the...

Increased Social Tensions in Russia Spill Over Into Shootings and Inter-Ethnic Conflicts (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Beginning in the fall of 2018, sociologists saw a sharp rise in social tensions in Russia, driven by price increases, unemployment and an economic...

Energy crunch: Russia could reap windfalls as other nations reel (Charu Sudan Kasturi, Al Jazeera)

Raymond D’Costa woke up soaked in sweat. It was midnight and the power was out in his neighbourhood in Bangalore, India’s third-largest city. When...

Polish Court Turns Down Russian Extradition Request For Activist (RFE RL)

A Russian human rights activist says a Polish court has ruled against his extradition to Russia, where he faces prosecution. Yevgeny Khasoyev, a leader of the Siberia...

Prague-Based Media Group Faces Fine For Not Observing Requirements Of Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law (RFE RL)

The Prague-based MEDIUM-ORIENT news agency is facing a fine in Russia for its alleged failure to follow the requirements of Russia's controversial "foreign agent"...

Belarusian-Russian Economic Dependency and Trade Wars: Is There a Contradiction? (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Two stories involving Belarus that have been unfolding over the past few weeks appear to contradict each other on the surface. These are the...

Russia’s ‘Re-Exploration’ of Siberia and the Far East: Tools, Plans, Ambitions (Part One) (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

In addition to other notable developments, the Sixth Eastern Economic Forum 2021 (EEF-2021), held on September 2–4, in Vladivostok (see EDM, September 14), unraveled an...

Putin’s Valdai Platitudes Obscure Worsening Domestic Situation (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The annual meeting of the Valdai Club last week (October 18–21) was less pompous than usual, and many foreign guests attended virtually; but Russian...

Russia’s Communist Comeback (Nina L. Khrushcheva, Project-Syndicate)

Russia's Communist Party performed strongly in last month’s parliamentary and regional elections – and would have performed better, had the vote not been (most...

Moscow expects US to fulfill promise of assistance to Afghanistan, says Russian envoy (TASS)

Moscow is counting on Washington to will fulfill its promise of socio-economic assistance to Afghanistan, Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said, addressing...

Russia to support UN in organizing donor conference on Afghanistan — envoy (TASS)

Moscow is interested in convening a UN donor conference on Afghanistan as soon as possible, Special Russian Presidential Representative for Afghanistan, Director of the...

Putin requests providing measures to neutralize European energy crisis aftermath in Russia (TASS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked the government with developing measures to neutralize in the country the negative consequences of Europe’s energy crisis by...

Moscow to push for unfreezing of Afghan foreign assets, says Russian envoy (TASS)

The freezing of Afghanistan’s assets in the US and EU is ridiculous, they should be unfrozen, which Moscow will be pushing for, Russian Presidential...

Russia preparing emergency humanitarian aid for Afghanistan — envoy (TASS)

Russia’s Defense and Emergencies Ministries are preparing humanitarian aid that they will render to Afghanistan as emergency assistance soon, Special Russian Presidential Representative for...

Chinese, Russian warships tackle Japanese close-in recon, ‘display confidence’ in 1st joint sea patrol (Global Times)

A Chinese-Russian naval flotilla tackled external challenges, including close-in reconnaissance by Japanese forces, during the fleets' first joint sea patrol over the past week. The...