Tag: Russia

USA/Russia – The Arctic Prelude to a ‘Stabilization’ Summit (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The meeting between US State Secretary Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Reykjavik, Iceland, last week (May 19), was...

Baltic States/Russia – Baltic states vow to tighten defense ties with an eye on Russia (Defense News)

The governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to tighten their defense cooperation, vowing to explore the joint acquisition of new rocket launchers...

Russia – A warning to DoD: Russia advances quicker than expected on AI, battlefield tech (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The Russian military is more technologically advanced than the U.S. realized and is quickly developing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain battlefield information advantage, an...

Russia – Russia’s real-world experience is driving counter-drone innovations (Defense News)

Samuel Bendett The Russian military is actively working to develop concepts, tactics, techniques and procedures against aerial drones. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/05/23/russias-real-world-experience-is-driving-counter-drone-innovations/

Russia/Ukraine/Turkey – Moscow warns Ankara over ties with Ukraine (Al Arabiya)

Russia’s foreign minister on Monday warned Turkey against what he said were attempts to fuel “militaristic sentiment” in Ukraine after Ankara moved to boost...

Russia/Ukraine/Turkey – Russia warns Turkey over ties with Ukraine (Al Jazeera)

‘Stop fuelling Kyiv’s militaristic sentiment,’ Russia says, after Ankara’s pledge to support Ukraine in recent clash. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/russia-warns-turkey-over-ties-with-ukraine

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

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),...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...