Tag: Russia

Chinese, Russian warships’ 1st joint patrol sails through Tsugaru Strait in line with intl law, ‘could feature encirclement of Japan or approach US’ (Guo...

Right after China and Russia wrapped up a joint naval exercise in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, 10 powerful warships from the two...

US, Georgia sign military training pact amid Russian threat on the Black Sea (Joe Gould, Defense News)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Georgian counterpart on Monday signed an agreement to extend U.S.-led military training for the embattled Black Sea ally as...

Russia hasn’t cleared Turkish attack on strategic Syrian town (Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor)

Russian calculus over northern Syria might complicate Turkey’s plans for a new military incursion in the war-torn country. Ankara’s preparations seem to be focusing on...

Major General Baqeri: Iran-Russia military cooperation level to increase (IRNA)

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said here on Sunday that Iran and Russia will increase the...

U.S. Rejects Moscow’s Claim That Its Warship Tried To Enter Russian Waters (RFE RL)

The U.S. Navy has rejected a claim by Moscow that a U.S. warship tried to enter Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan...

Source Of Russian Prison-Abuse Videos Flees To France To Seek Asylum (RFE RL)

The source of a massive leak of information, including videos, of alleged torture and sexual assaults in Russia's penitentiary system has fled to France,...

Uzbekistan Looks To Rent Russian Farmland To Quell Wheat Shortage (Bruce Pannier, RFE RL)

As one of the top wheat importers in the world, Uzbekistan might have found an answer to some of its agricultural shortages by renting...

Egypt, Russia to hold Defenders of Friendship 2021 tactical exercise (TASS)

A joint Russian-Egyptian tactical exercise, headlined Defenders of Friendship 2021, will be held in Egypt on October 17-29, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Egypt, Russia...

Russia-Japan Relations: Were Abe’s Efforts In Vain? (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

One year after the end of Shinzo Abe’s long period of leadership, Japan has a new prime minister once again. The greatest foreign policy...

What Does China’s Energy Crisis Mean for Russia? (Vita Spivak, Carnegie Moscow Center)

While the world discusses the unprecedented rise in gas prices in Europe, another energy crisis is unfolding on the other side of Russia’s borders....

The Rude Awakening: Europe Is Struggling to Secure Gas Supplies (Vitaly Yermakov, Valdai Discussion Club)

How short memories are! There was an extreme glut of gas in Europe in the 2018-2020 seasons. Gas prices during summer of 2020 dropped...

Russian-Iranian competition heats up in South Caucasus (Kirill Semenov, Al Monitor)

During Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to Moscow on Oct. 5, one of the main topics of the talks with his Russian counterpart...

Russia hopes for a U-turn in the EU’s energy policy (Mateusz Kubiak, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 6, Vladimir Putin held a publicly broadcasted meeting with Russian oil and gas industry representatives, discussing the skyrocketing global natural gas prices...

Circassians See Russian Census as Real Chance to Unite Their Nation (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Circassians, whom the Soviet and Russian states have subdivided into twelve different nations in order to control the North Caucasus, see the upcoming...

A War and Peace Visit to Moscow (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland spent two days in Moscow meeting with top foreign policy officials at a pivotal...

Mongolia’s new president won’t affect ties with Russia (Alexey Mikhalev, Artyom Lukin, East Asia Forum)

In June 2021, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, the former chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and prime minister, became the sixth President of Mongolia. The...