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The Kremlin, Under Pressure from Iran, Spreads Shiism on Its Territory

Russia has launched a large-scale program to promote Shiism within Muslim communities in certain regions of the country. This move aligns with the strategic partnership requirements with Iran. The Kremlin…

July 25, 2024Iran, Russia

Geopolitics ideology

Russia Escalates Rhetoric Against Kyrgyzstan

The onset of hostile rhetoric from the Kremlin towards the Kyrgyz authorities is alarming and evokes parallels with Moscow's statements regarding Ukraine before the annexation of Crimea in 2014. In…

July 17, 2024Kyrgyzstan, Russia

ideology Intelligence ops

Conspiracy and existentialistic theories: the West is too far from true reasons of Russia’shostility

The Kremlin leaders shape their policy based on conspiracy theories and disinformationgiven by Russian intelligence. Any disinformation is mainly aimed at creating a ‘fake’enemy in the face of the West.…

June 24, 2024Russia

Geopolitics ideology

China’s global triumph impossible without some parts of the Far East back

Beijing sees the centenary of China in 2049 as a global triumph for powerful China, which most likely involves restoring historical integrity with the territories Russia had annexed. Revision by Xi…

February 16, 2024China, Russia

Geopolitics ideology Psyops

Europe’s tacit consent to promotion of pseudo-Russian war philosophy threatens peace across continent

The risks of a war erupting between Russia and the West, as described by Germany’s BILD, are increasing against the backdrop of Western Europe’s tacit consent to popularization of the…

January 17, 2024GRU, Russia

Governance ideology profile

Vladimir Putin as the Grand Inquisitor

In Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy have offered six individual identities or personas for Vladimir Putin (Statist, History Man, Survivalist, Outsider, Free Marketeer and Case Officer)…

October 26, 2023Putin, Russia

Democracy Governance ideology

Russia’s information policy has added to anti-Semitism, with more risk of anti-Jewish riots

Israel 's invasion by HAMAS has triggered growing anti-Semitism in some European nations. Russia, in particular, has seen a sharp increase in anti-Semitic sentiment, which means that Russian people are ready…

October 10, 2023anti-semitism, Israel, Russia

Geopolitics ideology Opinion

How Russia is hijacking Africa’s “orphaned” Left

When the independence of many African states became a reality in the 1950s and 1960s, it unfortunately met the Cold War ideological divide of the world. Many had expected these infant…

September 5, 2023Africa, Russia

Democracy Governance ideology

Anti-Semitism on rise in Russian leaders’ rhetoric

Speaking at a St. Petersburg forum about his “Jewish friends,” Vladimir Putin claimed they told him that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is “not a Jew, but a disgrace to the Jewish…

June 19, 2023anti-semitism, Russia

ideology Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Russian intelligence plotting primitive psyop for May 9

The expulsion of Russian diplomats who were engaged in intelligence operations under diplomatic cover, as well as the liquidation of Russian espionage networks, significantly shrank Moscow's capabilities across Europe. As…

May 6, 2023history, Nazi, Russia

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