Tag: Russia

(China/Russia/Ballistic Missile Cooperation) Chinese–Russian ballistic missile cooperation signals deepening trust (East Asia Forum)

Vasily Kashin, Higher School of Economics During the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in October 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia and China...
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(Russia/Ukraine) Russia Calibrating Low-Intensity War in Ukraine’s East (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor From January 21 through February 14, Russian and proxy forces killed 13 Ukrainian soldiers and wounded at least another 19 along the frontline...
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(Azerbaijan/Central Asia/Russia/Iran) Growing Azerbaijani–Central Asian Ties Likely to Trigger Conflicts With Russia and Iran (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Azerbaijan’s victory in the Second Karabakh War (September 29–November 9) has had a transformative effect on the country. https://jamestown.org/program/growing-azerbaijani-central-asian-ties-likely-to-trigger-conflicts-with-russia-and-iran/
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(Russia/West/Donbas) Escalating Russian-Western Tensions Are Reflected in Confrontation in Donbas (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer In a high-profile interview with Rossiya state TV, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Moscow is ready to “sever relations with the European...
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(Russia/Internet) Russian Government Moves to Assert Increasing Control Over Internet (The Jamestown Foundation)

John C. K. Daly Amidst growing political dissatisfaction, the Russian government is grappling with the apparent vulnerabilities of the country’s internet. https://jamestown.org/program/russian-government-moves-to-assert-increasing-control-over-internet/
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(Russia/Arctic) Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Sergey Sukhankin On February 1, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the launch of six major state-supported investment projects in the Arctic...
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(Russia) Anonymous Telegram channel publishes financial information of Russian journalist Elena Solovyova (CPJ)

In several posts on February 4 and 10, the anonymous Telegram channel “Komi-Telega,” which has over 6,000 subscribers, published copies of Solovyova’s tax forms...
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(Russia) Palaces and protests: Where to next for Russia? (The Interpreter)

IAN HILL Large street protests swept more than a hundred Russian cities in late January. The rallies were sparked by the arrest and jailing of...
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(Russia/Europe) Russia vs the EU (The Interpreter)

DANIEL WOKER European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell visited Moscow this month intending to lodge a strong protest against the treatment of dissident Alexei...
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(Russia) Moscow’s Delay of 2020 Census Opens Way for Circassian Promotion of Common Identity (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble For the second time, ostensibly out of concern that census takers might further spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian government has postponed the...
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(Russia) Young Russians Express Growing Disapproval of Putin (Belfer Center)

Thomas Schaffner Nearly half of young Russians expressed dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a recent poll by the Levada Center, marking a significant decrease...
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(Crimea/Ukraine/Russia) Crimea Platform: Ukraine’s Initiative to Raise the Costs of Russia’s Occupation (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government are preparing to host a summit of heads of state and government, aiming to mobilize a...
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(Russia/Gazprom/Dagestan) Gazprom Wants to Abandon Money-Losing Gas Distribution Obligations in Dagestan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati Russian energy giant Gazprom wants to completely abandon its natural gas retail sales and distribution business in Dagestan because those operations bring the...
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(Russia/Europe) Russia Blackmails and Courts Europe (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev Tense political relations with Europe have come into sharp focus in Russian domestic debates, forcing a sudden backtrack. https://jamestown.org/program/russia-blackmails-and-courts-europe/
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(USA/Russia) More Coherence, Greater Tension: Prospects for US Policy toward Russia under Biden (INSS)

Ari Heistein Under President Trump, the United States did not have a coherent and unified Russia policy. Congress maintained a traditional approach of using sanctions...
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(Russia/Alexey Navalny) What the Navalny Affair Actually Means for Russia (The National Interest)

Mark Episkopos The fallout from the ongoing Navalny saga extends beyond Russia’s domestic affairs, contributing to a dangerous cycle of escalation between Moscow and the...
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