Tag: Russia

(Europe/Russia) The EU and Russia: From High Hopes to Reality (BESA Center)

Emil Avdaliani EU-Russia relations are at their lowest since the end of the Cold War and show limited potential for meaningful improvement. The era of...
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(China/Russia/UN) Hit with Western sanctions, China, Russia push for UN summit (Al Jazeera)

Beijing and Moscow, accused of human rights abuses, accuse US and Europe of interfering in their domestic affairs. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/23/china-and-russia-push-for-un-summit-amid-political-turbulence
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(Russia/Dagestan) Makhachkala Experiences First Special Operation in Five Years (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati On March 11, government forces in Makhachkala, Dagestan, killed a suspected rebel. According to official sources, the suspect had been plotting a terrorist...
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(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Three) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Relations between the authorities in Stepanakert, the capital of the self-declared “republic” of Karabakh, and the government of Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan are...
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(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Russia seems intent on reproducing in Karabakh the model it had earlier developed in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Donbas—namely, a local proto-state...
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(Russia) Two Words That Shook Putin’s Regime (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Pavel K. Baev The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last Wednesday (March 17) has been extraordinarily...
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(Russia/USA) Russia calls US intel report on election meddling ‘baseless’ (Al Jazeera)

The report directly linked President Vladimir Putin to attempts to swing the US election in Donald Trump’s favour. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/russia-calls-us-intel-report-on-election-meddling-baseless
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(USA/Russia) US report says Russia tried to influence 2020 election (Al Jazeera)

US intelligence agencies also found attempts by Iran, Venezuela and Hezbollah to meddle in the presidential election. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/us-report-says-russia-tried-to-influence-2020-election
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(Defense) Two down, more to go? With hypersonic weapons already in the field, Russia looks to improve features (Defense News)

Alexander Bratersky Hypersonic weapons are a top priority for the Russian government, a defense analyst with the state-run think tank IMEMO has told Defense News,...
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(Russia) Special Services Aggravate Bad Governance in Russia (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The escalation of repressions against all manifestations of discontent in Russia inevitably results in greater influence of the country’s special services and...
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(Russia) Kremlin critic Navalny condemns jail as ‘concentration camp’ (Al Jazeera)

Russian opposition leader says he is woken up every hour of the night and filmed by a prison guard. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-jail-like-a-concentration-camp
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(Russia) Stop giving Putin a free pass to Europe’s backyard (AEI)

Ivana Stradner, Anna Borshchevskaya Western powers have effectively given Vladimir Putin a free pass in Europe’s backyard: the Balkans and the Middle East. The ramifications of letting the...
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(Europe/Russia) The EU’s Russia Policy Is a Fiasco Which May Endure (RUSI)

Natia Seskuria A failed visit to Moscow by the EU’s top diplomat is not being followed by a more intelligent policy towards Russia. https://rusi.org/commentary/eu-russia-policy-fiasco-which-may-endure
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(Russia/Sputnik V) Sputnik V: Vaccine Glasnost, at Last? (RUSI)

Helen Ramscar Recent British journal publications on Sputnik V have rocketed Russia’s vaccine diplomacy. The geopolitical ramifications of its wider rollout could be troubling. https://rusi.org/commentary/sputnik-v-vaccine-glasnost
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(Russia/Indian Ocean) Russia wants to be a power to be reckoned with in the Indian Ocean (The Interpreter)

ALEXEY MURAVIEV No public strategy is defined, but a list of Moscow’smilitary and paramilitary activity in the region is revealing. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/russia-wants-be-power-be-reckoned-indian-ocean
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(Russia) Moscow’s Plans for New Kind of Aircraft Carrier Unlikely to Be Realized (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble In late February, TASS reported that Russian designers have come up with “a new class of ship.” The vessel, nicknamed the Varan, will function as an...
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