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Russia not seeking to ease tension: threats to Baltics and Balkans

With no armed invasion of Ukraine, on a day when the CIA claimed, high risks remain. Russia has maximized anticipation of a military invasion, as likelihood of this scenario was…

February 17, 2022Russia, Ukraine

Governance

Russia’s leader is paving the way for domestic elites to shift power when the time is right

Russian President keeps showing signs of personality disorder. Talks with Macron made it possible to draw conclusions about mental condition and sanity of the Russian leader. Putin's talks with President…

February 14, 2022Russia

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Russian Federation Support of Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists, 2021

This report is provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Office of the Secretaryo f Defense in response to section 1237(a)o f the National Defense…

February 11, 2022Nazi, Russia

Geopolitics Governance

Government reshuffle in Bangui to confirm Moscow’s growing sway

The Central African Republic's prime minister has been sacked amid tensions between pro-Russian and pro-French factions within the government in Bangui, the Central African Republic. According to a spokesman for the Presidency,…

February 10, 2022CAR, France, Russia, Wagner Group

Geopolitics

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

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