Tag: Russia

Myanmar/Russia – Moscow’s interests in Myanmar are fuelled by rivalry with the West (East Asia Forum)

Alexander Bukh, Victoria University of Wellington On 27 March, Myanmar’s junta held a military parade in Naypyidaw to celebrate Armed Forces Day amid nationwide anti-junta...
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Russia/Crimea – Role of Airborne Troops in Russia’s Military Buildup in Crimea (The Jamestown Foundation)

At the end of each winter training cycle, the Russian Armed Forces typically hold extensive readiness checks in the month of April. So unsurprisingly,...
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Ukraine/Russia – One-on-One With Putin: A Reckless Adventure for Zelenskyy (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

“We should not let Mr. Zelenskyy and his team off the hook, but let them twist there,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently...
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Russia – Putin Pauses, but Russia’s Propensity for Trouble-Making Persists (The Jamestown Foundation)

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s apparent plan to emerge from his extended self-isolation with new energy did not quite work out as expected, and he...
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Russia/Turkey – Russia and Turkey. Strategic Partners and Rivals (IFRI)

Pavel BAEV The extraordinarily troublesome year 2020 tested many international institutions and bilateral ties, but few experienced sharper challenges than the complex relations between Russia...
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USA/Russia – Biden-Putin summit in works for summer, says Sullivan (Defense News)

Joe Gould A summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the works for this summer in a third country...
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Russia – What’s next for Russia’s opposition movement? (Al Jazeera)

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Alexander Soloviev – Board member of Open Russia, an opposition group Michael Bociurkiw – Global affairs analyst and former spokesman for the Organization for...
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Russia/Ukraine – Energy sanctions can prevent a new Russian offensive in Ukraine (Atlantic Council)

Ariel Cohen and David Pasmanik A major Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine has recently sparked fears of a potentially dramatic escalation in...
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Russia/Myanmar – Why Russia is betting on Myanmar’s military junta (East Asia Forum)

Authors: Artyom Lukin, Far Eastern Federal University and Andrey Gubin, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military junta declared a state...
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Russia/Brazil – Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with AFP Brazil’s health regulator said Thursday (29 April) its decision to reject the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was based on the developer’s...
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Europe/Russia – EU should impose anti-corruption sanctions on Russians, MEPs say (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with AFP The European Union should follow Britain’s example and impose new anti-corruption sanctions on Russians suspected of fraud and graft, the European Parliament...
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Hungary/Russia – Hungary wins payment delay on Russian-led nuclear plant project (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with Reuters Russia has agreed to give Hungary a five-year delay on payments for the Russian-led expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant south...
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Europe/Russia/China – EU report accuses Russia, China of sowing mistrust in Western vaccines (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with Reuters Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing...
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Russia – Russia expels two Lithuanian diplomats in tit-for-tat move (Euractiv)

Benas Gerdžiūnas | LRT.lt/en The Russian foreign ministry has expelled two diplomats from the Lithuanian embassy in Moscow, as well as one employee each from the embassies...
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Russia/Crimea/Black Sea – Crimea: The Expanding Military Capabilities of Russia’s Area Denial Zone in the Black Sea (The Jamestown

Sergey Sukhankin Two important and connected developments in the second half of April—military exercises in Crimea (RIA Novosti, April 22) and the wider growing tensions...
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Russia/Ukraine – Declared Russian Troops Pull Out: Did the Kremlin Achieve What It Wanted? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Ihor Kabanenko Russia’s long-serving minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu, announced last week (April 22) that the Russian forces massed around Ukraine’s eastern and southern borders...
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