Tag: Russia

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Russia/Ukraine/Black Sea – Moscow Pulls Back Land Forces From Ukrainian Border but Not Its Navy in Black Sea (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Many observers are treating Russia’s pullback of land forces from the Ukrainian border as the end of the crisis—even some of those experts...

Russia – Amidst Seemingly Easing Tensions, Putin Leaves Much Unsaid in Speech to Parliament (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev President Vladimir Putin’s annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (parliament), delivered last Wednesday, April 21, following a long delay, was anticipated...

Russia – Putin’s Sound and Fury (Project-Syndicate)

SŁAWOMIR SIERAKOWSKI Although Vladimir Putin's annual state-of-the-union addresses are always occasions for bluster and saber-rattling, this year's over-the-top display fell into a category of its...

USA/Russia – The first 100 days: Breaking with Trump on Russia (Brookings)

Steven Pifer President Joe Biden is the first president since the Cold War to begin his term not seeking closer relations with Russia; there will...

Russia – Putin Has Nothing to Say to Russians (Carnegie Moscow Center)

Tatiana Stanovaya The communication channels between the president and society are shrinking. Some events are apparently too important for the president to discuss seriously with...

Russia/Arctic – Moscow Pushing Even More Expansive Claims on Arctic (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble In advance of Russia’s assumption of the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May, Moscow is calling on the United Nations...

Ukraine/Russia/USA – Zelenskyy Seeks a Summit With Putin Again (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Following United States President Joseph Biden’s example, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also blinked to the Kremlin. The US president solicited a meeting...

Russia – Putin Delivers More Restrained National Address as Moscow Announces Partial Troop Withdrawal (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to a joint session of both houses of parliament on April 21, in the historical Moscow...

Russia/Ukraine – Unpacking the Russian Troop Buildup along Ukraine’s Border (CSIS)

Cyrus Newlin, Heather A. Conley, Matthew P. Funaiole, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. On March 31, U.S. European Command raised its awareness level to “potential imminent...

Russia – Russia’s Bear Economy (Project-Syndicate)

ANDERS ÅSLUND Russians today are chagrined to learn that they are worse off than Romanians and Turks. Although President Vladimir Putin would like them to...