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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

Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Russian propaganda gets involved in smearing Bridget Macron before the upcoming presidential election

There are all grounds to assume that Moscow is involved in smear camping against the wife of French President Emanuel Macron, thereby to decrease the chances of the sitting French…

December 24, 2021France, Russia

Estimates Governance

Seeking alternative interlocutors in Russia

As so-called transfer in Russia is oncoming and relations between the Kremlin and the West are strained, possibilities open up for talks with some Russian leaders, likely to seek for…

December 22, 2021Russia

Geopolitics

Russia’s fear has a quick ear

Russia sent to Washington its security guarantees draft agreements with the United States and NATO. One of the draft clauses is having NATO’s guarantees of non-expansion on the territory of…

December 21, 2021Russia, Ukraine

Conflict Governance

Bosnian Serbs’ secession from BiH might be a part of the Kremlin-China multimove game

Russia fuels the conflict in the Balkans in order to divert attention from the situation on its border with Ukraine. The Kremlin believes that escalating the Balkan conflict and attacking…

December 15, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia

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