Tag: Russia

USA/MENA/China/Russia – As US pulls back in MENA, China, Russia may step in: General (Al Jazeera)

US Central Command Chief Frank McKenzie expresses concern over regional allies seeking support from China and Russia. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/as-us-scales-back-in-the-middle-east-other-countries-may-step-in
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Russia/Ukraine – DPR and LPR Increasingly at Odds, Complicating Moscow’s Approach to Ukraine (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Most commentators in Russia, Ukraine and the West tend to treat the Moscow-backed breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic (DPR, LPR),...
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USA/Russia – The Dimming Prospects of US-Russian Deescalation (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, met for the first time in person on...
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Russia/Belarus – Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Arseny Sivitsky In addition to restarting joint air-patrol missions beginning this summer (see Part One), Belarus and Russia have agreed to establish three shared combat-training centers...
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Russia/Belarus – Lukashenka Agrees to Joint Air Patrols and Training Centers With Russia, but Still Opposes Military Base (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Arseny Sivitsky The air forces of Russia and Belarus will begin joint air-defense missions out of one of the Belarusian airfields this summer. In reaching...
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Russia/Crimea – Moscow to Drill for Fresh Water Under Azov Sea, Not to Help Crimea But to Back Its Claims (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Moscow has announced it will begin drilling for fresh water under the Sea of Azov this summer to address growing water shortages in...
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Russia/USA – Russia Recoils From Possibility of Stable Relationship With US (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The traditional May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow was not a grand affair this year, unlike the one originally planned for...
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Russian UAV Technology and Loitering Munitions (The Jamestown Foundation)

Roger McDermott During the ongoing modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces, increasing attention has turned to developing and exploiting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and unmanned combat...
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Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about possibly nationalizing the Russian defense industry (DI) (Interfax, March 31) reinvigorated a debate on measures to optimize this...
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Russia/Ukraine – Ukrainians Fear Moscow May Use Their Co-Ethnics in Russia in Provocation to Restart War (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble A recent wave of arrests of ethnic Ukrainians across the Russian Federation for supposedly organizing extremist groups and planning terrorist attacks has sparked...
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India/China/Russia/South Asia – Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis (The Interpreter)

MUBASHAR HASAN China and Russia are on a vaccine drive across South Asia to deliver on India’s fast-vanishing promises. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/authoritarians-seek-advantage-india-s-covid-crisis
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Russia/North Stream 2 – Estonian President Kaljulaid and US Senator Shaheen on challenges from Moscow and the future of Nord Stream 2 (Atlantic Council)

Speakers H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid President of the Republic of Estonia The Hon. Jeanne Shaheen United States Senator (D-NH) Introduction Susan Glasser Staff Writer, The New Yorker I want to thank both of...
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South Korea/Russia – South Korea’s diplomatic balancing act with Russia (East Asia Forum)

Anthony V Rinna, Sino-NK Russia is reengaging with the Korean Peninsula after its normally active diplomacy in the area came to a screeching halt in...
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The Iskander Saga Deepens Azerbaijani Mistrust of Russia (RUSI)

Murad Muradov and Taras Kuzio Russia’s supply of cutting-edge military technology to Armenia is sharpening Azeri mistrust of Moscow. https://rusi.org/commentary/iskander-saga-deepens-azerbaijani-mistrust-russia  
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USA/Turkey/Russia – What Does U.S. Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Mean for Turkey-Russia relations? (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Kirill Zharov Washington’s recognition of the Armenian genocide is far from the main problem in U.S.-Turkish relations, which have been in crisis now for several...
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USA/Russia – What’s the Point of the Latest U.S. Sanctions Against Russia? (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Andrey Movchan, a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, and Maria...
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