Tag: Russia

Russia/Ukraine – As Russian Military Prepares for Zapad 2021, Heavy Armed Forces Stay Close to Ukraine (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

In April, Russia’s Ministry of Defense ordered units to move from their permanent bases to positions close to the border with Ukraine, provoking widespread...
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Russia – Putin says Russia could have sunk UK warship without starting World War Three (Euractiv with Reuters)

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (30 June) that Russia could have sunk a British warship that it accused of illegally entering its territorial...
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Central African Republic/Russia – Russia denies its personnel involved in CAR killings (Al Jazeera)

The Kremlin has rejected claims that Russian military instructors in the Central African Republic have been involved in killing civilians and looting homes. Russia denies...
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USA/Russia – US and Russia Engage Again (Amb PS Raghavan, VIF)

The publicly-stated “outcomes” from the US-Russia summit meeting in Geneva on June 16 are well-known: return of their Ambassadors to their respective stations; foreign...
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China/Russia/USA – Hypersonic Missiles: A New Arms Race (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

The Biden administration is making a big push for hypersonic-related research funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget. The administration has requested $3.8 billion, almost...
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UK/Russia – The UK and Russia as Aggressor and Defender: Two Narratives, Similar Obligations (Peter Roberts, RUSI)

A dispute between London and Moscow after a Royal Navy warship sailed through Russian-claimed waters off Crimea has garnered considerable media attention. But there...
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Russia/Ukraine/Black Sea – False De-escalation: The Continuing Russian Threat to Ukraine and the Black Sea Region (Maryna Vorotnyuk, RUSI)

The announced withdrawal of troops does little to allay concerns about Russia’s strategic intentions, as the Kremlin’s quest to challenge the West in the...
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Russia/Serbia – Russian Public Diplomacy in the Western Balkans — Great Opportunities and Few Results (Siniša Atlagić, Valdai Discussion Club)

When it comes to the creation and dissemination of worldviews, Russia in Serbia is faced with some shortcomings, or rather, with the so-called two-tier intellectual system that does this job....
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Russia/Serbia – Russia’s Public Diplomacy: Successes, Shortcomings and Suggestions (Ernest Reid, Valdai Discussion Club)

In recent years it has become commonplace in Western academic discourse to discuss the Kremlin’s influence (or “soft power”, if we are talking about...
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Russia/Ukraine – Putin, Ukraine, and Russian Red Lines (Jiri Valenta, BESA Center)

Many are still wondering whether Vladimir Putin’s massive troop deployment in conflict zones in the Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula in the spring of 2021 was preparation for eventual...
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Russia/Chechnya – Kremlin Endorses Another Term for Kadyrov and His Brutal Chechen Regime (Tanya Lokshina, HRW)

President Putin has told the governor of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, that he should run for another term in the September regional elections. “With your personal...
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Russia/Green Agenda – Russia’s ‘Green’ Agenda in Action: Economic Tools and Political Motivations (Part One) (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

On April 19, during the presentation of a report compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Secretary General António Guterres stated that...
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Russia/Caspian Sea – Russia’s Caspian Flotilla No Longer Only Force That Matters There (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Although Russia’s Caspian Flotilla remains the dominant naval force on the Caspian, it is not the only one that matters anymore. All four other...
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Russia – Russia Bungles Pre-Planned Intercept of UK Navy Vessel off Coast of Crimea (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

A shooting skirmish or a deadly collision between Russian and Western warships or aircraft in the Black Sea would almost certainly cause a serious...
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NATO/Turkey/Russia – Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s Eastern Flank Against Russia? (Can Kasapoglu, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are becoming popular strategic assets and affordable military modernization solutions on the international arms market. Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s...
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Serbia/Russia – Russia and Serbia: From Historical Memory to Future Relations (Oleg Barabanov, The Jamestown Foundation)

The phrase “Be realistic, demand the impossible” is well-known. Russia and Serbia now face approximately the same task in order to preserve their partnership in the future, writes Valdai...
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