Tag: Russia

Russia. Putin’s Anti-Navalny Law (Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta, BESA Center)

Vladimir Putin and Alexei Navalny, image via Wikimedia Commons On June 4, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a law banning “individuals designated as ‘extremists’ from running for public...

Russia/USA. Interpreting the Biden Doctrine: The View From Moscow (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The newly unveiled Biden doctrine, which renounces the United States’ post-9/11 policies of remaking other societies and building nations abroad, is a foreign policy...

Cybersecurity. Germany protests to Russia over attacks ahead of the upcoming election (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Germany has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers and use them to spread disinformation ahead of the upcoming election Germany protests...

China/Russia. China, Russia expand trade settlements in local currencies to counter US dollar hegemony (Global Times)

Renminbi Photo: VCG A major Russian oil company has started to move away from the US dollar to the yuan in settlements in China, the...

Russia. Militarism and patriotism in Russia – the culture behind the military firepower (Flemming Splidsboel Hansen, DIIS)

Patriotism is a much-celebrated tool in Russia. It is used to mobilize the population in support of the state in general and of the...

Russia. Armiya 2021: tactical developments in Russia’s guided-weapons sector (Douglas Barrie, IISS)

Photo credit: Michael Jerdev Russia’s Armiya 2021 defence exhibition, held in Moscow from 22–28 August, saw the first appearance of what could be a key...

USA/Russia. US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue: Why It’s Good to Talk (Andrew Futter, Valdai Discussion Club)

The symbolism of the two-leading nuclear-armed states recognising the dangers of a more complex and perhaps dangerous global nuclear order is significant, and neither...

Russia. Private companies at ‘Army 2021’ forum strive for survival as Russian military orders shrink (Alexander Bratersky, Defense News)

A visitor attends Army 2021, an arms fair held near Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2021. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images) For years, Russia has...

Russia. Russia’s Rostec Reveals Anti-Insomnia Glasses for Soldiers (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

Rostec's anti-insomnia glasses. Photo: Alexander Utkin/Rostec Russia’s Rostec State Corporation unveiled their anti-insomnia glasses at Russia’s International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021. Dubbed as the Blue Sky pro glasses,...

Russia. Russian Firm Kronstadt Announces Drone Sales to ‘Foreign Countries’ (Hercules Reyes, The Defense Post)

Russian defense contractor Kronstadt announced that it has signed contracts for the sale of drones to unspecified foreign countries. The first deliveries are expected by 2022. Russian...

Russia/Ukraine. Was Russia’s April Exercise a Practice Run for a Ukraine Invasion?

Satellite imagery shows Russian use of smoke operations in Crimea, part of an April 15 exercise. ORBITAL INSIGHT / PLANET / ALLSOURCE ANALYTICS Moscow's illegal annexation...

Russia. Russia Unveils Autonomous Anti-Sniping Device (Inder Singh Bischt, The Defense Post)

Russian defense firm MF Stelmak unveiled its Sosna-N robotic sniper detector at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum last month. The laser-optical system, capable of automatic...

Russia/Red Sea. Russia’s Red Sea Strategy (Neil Melvin, RUSI)

This episode examines Russia’s emerging strategy for the Red Sea, looking not only at Moscow’s efforts to establish a military base in Sudan, but...

Russia. Russia to Boost Firepower of Aging T-80 Tank (Joe Saballa, The Defense Post)

 Russia's T-80 battle tanks. Photo: Olga Maltseva/AFP Russian defense firm Uralvagonzavod Group has unveiled its plan to upgrade the country’s T-80BVM main battle tank, an...

Russia/Japan/East Asia. Moscow and Tokyo Exploring Pathways for East Asia in an Era of Growing US-China Rivalry (Taisuke Abiru, Anton Bespalov, Valdai Discussion Club)

The US-China rivalry is becoming a constant feature of world politics. An improvement of relations between the United States and China should not be...

Nigeria/Russia. Nigeria To Buy Military Hardware From Russia (Lisa Vives, IDN)

Fighter jets, ammunition and other military hardware are among the top featured items in a new “landmark development in bilateral relations” between Moscow and...