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Moscow tries to use the UN mandate in its CSTO-flagged operations

Russia plans to give the UN peacekeeper status to the CSTO-controlled forces so that it could use them in favor of the Kremlin. Thus, Moscow wants to get a green…

February 2, 2022CSTO, Russia, United Nations

Governance Intelligence ops

Escalation of internal standoff within the Kremlin testifies to weakness of Moscow’s regime

Moscow’s latest foreign policy statements and their disinformation campaign observed amid the aggravation of the security situation in Europe are associated with the confrontation boiling between the key political institutional…

January 28, 2022Russia

Geoeconomics

The Putin summit with Italian CEO-s, a symptom of a Europe in dilemma in the Ukraine-Russia crisis

As tensions grow between the Kremlin, the United States and Europe in relation to the Ukrainian crisis and Western countries are working on a package of economic sanctions, the prestigious…

January 27, 2022Italy, Russia

Coup Governance

Burkina Faso: yet another military coup – a void for Russia to fill

Burkina Faso coup weakens Paris' local alliances, emboldens jihadists controlling large swathes of territory and gives the opportunity for Russia to fill the vacuum. This coup puts the French in…

January 26, 2022Burkina Faso, France, Russia

Conflict Warfare

Assessment of Russia’s capability to use Belarus territory as military springboard for invasion

The risks of further escalation around Ukraine are rising against the backdrop of the movement of Russian troops into Belarus. The Alexander Lukashenko regime has ultimately lost its independence and…

January 20, 2022Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

Putin trying to replay Cold War in his favor

Russia is moving farther along the path an escalation of the situation near the borders of the United States. Confidence is building up that the Russians are now returning to…

January 18, 2022Cuba, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security

Havana Syndrome: a fact of Russia’s hostility against U.S. diplomats

U.S. diplomats keep on reporting cases of Havana Syndrome, deliberately caused by Russia. Starting from the 1960s, the facts analyzed point to the cases of microwave radiation used by the…

January 14, 2022Microwave weapons, Russia

War crimes

Russians increasingly mixed up in war crimes

War crimes and killing civilians abroad increasingly involve Russian military personnel. Sent to Kazakhstan, for example, to stabilize the situation under the CSTO flag, Russian troops were involved in shooting civilians.…

January 13, 2022Russia, Wagner Group

Estimates Intelligence ops

Unrest in Kazakhstan: potential geopolitical impact

Russia takes advantage of unrest in Kazakhstan to set up a puppet government there and deploy its own soldiers in the country. The unrest started in the west where mainly…

January 7, 2022GRU, Kazakhstan, Russia

Corruption Democracy

Personal sanctions can press the Kremlin more effectively

The latest tensions around Ukraine, Russia's ultimatums sent to the United States, the EU and NATO, as well as the Kremlin’s threats to attack some targets in Europe with the…

January 6, 2022Russia, Sanctions

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