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Nazism emerges in Russia, as Russian neo-Nazis fight in Ukraine

Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists take part in Russian military invasion of Ukraine, German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) claims in its report, specifying the Russian Imperial Legion, the Russian Imperial Movement and…

May 26, 2022Nazi, Russia

Healthcare National Security Nonproliferation

Russia’s 10-year monkeypox virus work outbreaks in 2022

The appearance of monkeypox virus cases indicates that Russia was high likely involved in developing the virus as a biological weapon and confirms the October 2020 RLI conclusions on relevant smallpox…

May 23, 2022smallpox

Estimates National Security

Errors in intelligence assessment: Afghanistan and Ukraine

Conservative intelligence assessment with a focus on quantity markers, that excludes ethnic and mental background of the people in war zones, explains why the intelligence agencies miscalculated while evaluating and forecasting developments in Afghanistan and Ukraine. U.S. intelligence agencies are through a large-scale internal review…

May 20, 2022Afghanistan, Ukraine

Democracy Governance

Presidential election in Somalia: corrupt indirect voting to hit prospects for positive change

Presidential election in Somalia neither offers potential for substantial changes in the country, nor reduces corruption. After three rounds of voting by 328 MPs and senators, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud emerged victorious in the final…

May 19, 2022Somalia

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Wagner Group’s Playbook in Africa: Mali

The paper was published by The Foreign Policy Research Institute in March, 2022. Since it rose to prominence after its involvement in the Syrian Civil War alongside the Assad regime, Wagner…

May 18, 2022Mali, Wagner Group

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Northern Afghanistan and the New Threat to Central Asia, 2022

This paper was published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute. The contest for control of northern Afghanistan between the Taliban, the Islamic State, and other terrorist groups is a major…

May 18, 2022Afghanistan, Taliban

Intelligence ops

Moscow gets foreign intelligence assets involved to block military aid to Ukraine

Against the background of the failed military invasion of Ukraine and growing international military assistance to Kyiv, Moscow is actively, both directly and indirectly, using its most valuable intelligence assets…

May 17, 2022Randal Paul, Russia, USA

Geopolitics

Beijing enhances power in the South Pacific by signing pact with the Solomon Islands to challenge the USA in the region

China is close to sign a controversial defense pact with the Solomon Islands. The pact will turn the tiny Melanesian nation into a logistical hub for Chinese warships in a strategic region of the…

May 16, 2022China, Solomon Islands

Governance

Change of leader in South Ossetia: FSB to save money, fight corruption and abuses by GRU

Alan Gagloev, an opposition candidate, chairman of the Nykhaz party, former KGB operative won the presidential election in unrecognized puppet South Ossetia, with 54% of the vote. He defeated the…

May 13, 2022Russia, South Ossetia

Estimates National Security

Lobbyists seeking workarounds for China to circumvent sanctions on Russian energy companies

Russian Gazprombank has doubled down on minimizing the impact by the sanctions, searching for ways to circumvent them.Gas buyers have opened accounts in Gazprombank JSC, to pay in rubles for Russian gas. China looks like priority area, as…

May 12, 2022China, Gazprombank, Russia

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