Tag: Russia

Zapad-2021 exercise shows Union State’s ability to defend itself — Belarusian minister (TASS)

During the Zapad-2021 military exercise, Russia and Belarus demonstrated their ability to protect sovereignty and independence of the Union State, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor...
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Akkuyu NPP construction never stopped for an hour despite pandemic — Rosatom chief (TASS)

The construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey never stopped during the pandemic period, not even for an hour, Rosatom Direcotr General...
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US Department of State regrets Russia’s closure of OSCE border observer mission (TASS)

The US Department of State regrets Russia’s decision not to extend the mandate of an OSCE border observer mission at Russia’s Gukovo and Donetsk...
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Telegram messenger restricts access to bots associated with campaigning — founder (TASS)

The Telegram messenger will limit access to all bots associated with electoral campaigning starting from 00:00 Moscow time on Saturday, Telegram founder Pavel Durov...
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Work of Russian online voting systems stable despite cyberattacks — Rostelecom (TASS)

Hacker attacks targeting Russia’s online vote systems have had no impact on electoral process, said Yuri Satirov, Deputy General Director of Rostelecom department for...
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Planned Closure of the OSCE Border Observer Mission (US Department of State)

NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON The United States deeply regrets the decision by the Russian Federation to block consensus to extend the OSCE Border Observer Mission...
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How the Duma Elections Could Decide United Russia’s Fate (Tatiana Stanovaya, Carnegie Moscow Center)

A glimpse inside the black hole of Russia’s corridors of power reveals that the fault line within the regime is getting deeper, and the...
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What would Norway be without oil? And Ukraine without Russian gas? (Trine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo, Sandra Sørensen, DIIS

Energy security used to be about uninterrupted flows of affordable and available resources. This article argues that it is much more than that. By...
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Moscow Promotes Naval Cooperation Among Caspian States to Exclude Others (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

When the five Caspian littoral states signed a maritime delimitation pact in August 2018, they additionally agreed not to allow any outside power to...
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Zapad 2021 Ends Peacefully but East-West Tensions Still Simmer (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The massive, Russo-Belarusian Zapad 2021 operational-strategic war games have ended. The scenario of this year’s iteration of Zapad (September 10–16) envisaged an attack on...
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Russia votes: State Duma elections 2021 (Nivedita Kapoor, ORF)

As Russia prepares to vote for the State Duma elections from September 17-19, the ruling United Russia (UR) party is expected to retain control...
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Prioritize long-range nuclear limits (John D. Maurer, AEI)

Great-power arms control negotiations are back on the table as the United States and Russia prepare for new “strategic stability talks" following the Joe...
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Russian Authorities Seek Total Control Over Internet (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

The final months ahead of the elections to the Russian State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) were marked by a total cleansing of the...
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Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia? (Neil Melvin, RUSI)

A decade after Moscow launched a strategic initiative to reorientate its economy toward Asian markets, Dr Richard Connolly, Director of the Eastern Advisory Group...
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Russia/Taliban. Russia and the Taliban: Prospective Partners? (Samuel Ramani, RUSI)

Since Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on 15 August, Russia has cautiously accommodated the Taliban’s seizure of power. Diplomats, such as Russian Ambassador...
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Russia/Asia Pacific. Sustainable Energy—A Hidden Agenda of Russia’s 2021 Eastern Economic Forum (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Sixth Eastern Economic Forum 2021 (EEF-2021), which convened delegations from 60 countries, took place on September 2–4, in Vladivostok, at the Far Eastern...
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