Tag: Russia

Afghanistan/Russia – Russian Ambassador to Kabul will meet with coordinator from Taliban leadership on Tuesday (TASS)

Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov will meet on Tuesday with the coordinator of the leadership of the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) to...
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China/Russia – See Russia and China launch joint military drills (Defense News)

Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press Russia’s defense minister on Friday hailed joint war games with China this week as a sign of increasingly close military...
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China/Russia – China, Russia joint drills conclude with live-fire anti-terrorism operation featuring J-20 (Global Times)

The exercise ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 kicks off at a combined arms tactical training base of the PLA Army in Qingtongxia City of West China's Ningxia Hui...
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Russia/Belarus/Moldova – Moscow Worried Orthodox in Belarus and Moldova May Gain Autocephaly (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe Moscow is increasingly anxious about potential new moves in Belarus and Moldova in the coming weeks toward achieving autocephalous status for the local...
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Russia/Moldova – Kremlin Responds to New Moldovan Leadership’s Overtures (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor The Kremlin has wasted no time reacting to the positive signals from Moldova’s new, Western-oriented leadership. On August 11, only five days after...
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Russia – Russian hypersonic technology expert accused of high treason (Defense News, The Associated Press)

A court in Moscow on Thursday ordered a specialist in hypersonic technologies to be kept in jail pending trial on charges of high treason, in...
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Lithuania/China/Russia – China, Russia can cooperate to punish Lithuania (Global Times)

After China announced the recall of its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded the country withdraw its top envoy from China, US Department of State...
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China/Russia – China-Russia east route natural gas pipeline delivers 10 billion cubic meters of gas (Global Times)

The China-Russia east route natural gas pipeline project has delivered a total of 10 billion cubic meters of imported Russian gas as of Wednesday,...
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China/Russia – Report: China Is Hacking Russia, Too (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Much has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the...
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Central Asia/China/Russia/USA – Russia, China, and the Prospect of US Military Bases in Central Asia (BESA Center)

Emil Avdaliani writes: The American exit from Afghanistan has created a power vacuum. The quartet of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran stands to benefit the most...
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Russia/Defense/Ukraine – New Wings for the Ukrainian Air Force (The Jamestown Foundation)

Yuri Lapaiev writes: On July 20, Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Rostec and Sukhoi officially unveiled their newest single-engine fighter, nicknamed the “Checkmate,” at...
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Russia/Pakistan/South Asia – Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline: Russia’s Key to South Asia? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin writes: Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov and Pakistan’s ambassador to Moscow, Shafqat Ali Khan, signed a revised agreement on May 28 that...
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Russia – Putin’s Response to Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure and Political Problems (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe writes: The collapse of a single short river crossing on the Trans-Siberian Railroad 300 kilometers from Chita, in late July, and President...
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Russia – Russian Communists Try to Control Popular Discontent (The Jamestown Foundation)

Kseniya Kirillova writes: In the run-up to September’s legislative elections to the State Duma (lower chamber of the Russian parliament), the Communist Party of...
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Russia – Putin’s Paranoia, More Than Nuclear Weapons and Oil, Make Russia Dangerous (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev writes: The remarks by United States President Joseph Biden at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week (July...
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Russia – Russia restricts movement of key Navalny ally for 18 months (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: A Russian court has sentenced a key ally of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny to 18 months of restricted movement after finding...
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