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(Russia) Growing Presence of Cossacks in 2021 (Richard Arnold, The Jamestown Foundation)

The role of Cossack organizations in Russian life will likely grow in 2021, as last month’s Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs (PCCA) meeting demonstrated. https://jamestown.org/program/growing-presence-of-cossacks-in-2021/

Uncategorized January 23, 2021

(Russia/Karabakh) Russian “Peacekeeping” in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Under the November 9–10, 2020 armistice declaration, Russia’s “peacekeeping” mission in Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh is limited to 1,960 motor-rifle troops with light weapons and...

Uncategorized January 23, 2021

(Egypt/Russia/Black Sea/Turkey) Egyptian-Russian Naval Exercises in the Black Sea: Strategic Balancing against Turkey? (Ridvan Bari Urcosta, The Jamestown Foundation)

In November 2020, Russia and Egypt conducted their first joint naval exercises in the Black Sea. The Bridge of Friendship-2020 naval drills brought the Egyptian Navy...

Uncategorized January 22, 2021

(Russia/Karabakh) Russian ‘Peacekeeping’ in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s “peacekeeping” operation in Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh, which ended the 44-day war last November, is laying the foundation of a Russian protectorate in this...

Uncategorized January 22, 2021

(Azerbaijan) Karabakh Victory Transforming Meaning of Black January for Many Azerbaijanis (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Moscow’s brutal dispatch of more than 35,000 Soviet troops into Azerbaijan in January 1990— nominally to defend the Armenian minority there but in fact...

Uncategorized January 22, 2021

(Russia/USA) Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin-controlled Russian media and top officialdom have greeted President Joe Biden and his administration taking power in the US with a massive, almost...

Uncategorized January 22, 2021

(Moldova/Russia) Year 2020 in Review: The Scorched-Earth Political Strategy of the Pro-Russian Ex-President Dodon (Dumitru Minzarari, The Jamestown Foundation)

In a recent interview, the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov remarked that Moldova’s president Maia Sandu had more than enough domestic challenges demanding her...

Uncategorized January 21, 2021

(Belarus) Even the Near Future Is Uncertain in Belarus (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Belorysy i Rynok newspaper asked three prominent Belarusian analysts to predict the country’s near future. But two out of three only shared observations, not forecasts....

Uncategorized January 21, 2021

(Russia/Central African Republic) Russia’s Growing Military Presence in the Central African Republic (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 22, 2020, Russia announced sending additional military instructors to the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite initial rejection, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Uncategorized January 21, 2021

(Belarus) Belarus Secures Russian Oil and Gas Supplies for 2021 (Mateusz Kubiak, The Jamestown Foundation)

(Source: neftegaz.ru) On December 29, 2020, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko stated that Russian energy supplies to Belarus in 2021 will be purchased under “favorable...

Uncategorized January 8, 2021

(Siberia/Russia) Year 2020 in Review: Siberians Take Center Stage in Russia (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Khabarovsk protests (Source: Getty Images) The long-running demonstrations in Khabarovsk last year captured the imagination of Russians not only east of the Urals but west...

Uncategorized January 8, 2021

UZBEKISTAN/USA/AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan and Desire for Closer Relations Top Agenda of US-Uzbekistan Meeting (Umida Hashimova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Presidents Trump and Mirziyoyev at the White House in May 2018 (Source: Uz.usembassy.gov) The Eighth Annual Bilateral Consultations between Uzbekistan and the United States were...