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Moscow to back out of US sanctions – eager to establish a monopoly on the European gas market

Russia milks COVID19 pandemic for all its worth to break the US sanctions targeting to shield the European energy market from the Kremlin’s concentrated control and to diversify natural gas…

March 25, 2020Gazprom, Nord Stream-2, Russia

Estimates Terrorism

MH17 case: path to designating Russia as state sponsor of terrorism

Continued hearings in the case of the downing of Malaysian Airlines passesnger jet flight MH17 over Donbas in July 2014 brings higher risks for Russia's top leadership. In fact, the…

March 23, 2020MH17, Netherlands, Russia

Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops Situation Reports

Russia is one of the key beneficiary parties in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic crisis

The coronavirus topic is used in the information war with the aim to discredit the EU health system. The campaign targets is to aggravate the health crisis in Western European countries,…

March 23, 2020coronavirus, Covid-19, Russia

Situation Reports Geopolitics

The last temporary deal between Putin and Erdogan in Syria

In Europe we had almost forgotten about the Syrian conflict, if it were not for the new wave of refugees from Turkey. The refugee emergency is looked at as an…

March 19, 2020Russia, Syria, Turkey

Geopolitics Estimates

Russian Geopolitical Paranoia

Russia sees itself as a long suffering victim of international aggression, therefore it must be ever vigilant for the next attack on its sovereignty. To the Russian people, it is a…

March 17, 2020NATO, Russia

Governance Situation Reports

Annexation and ethnic confrontation: menaces for Guyana after the election

Guyana is falling into a political crisis marked by external meddling in the election, intervention risks of and ethnic confrontation. The catalyst for the crisis was the electoral commission’s decision…

March 10, 2020Guyana, Russia, Venezuela

Situation Reports

MH17 court hearings in The Hague: simulation

The simulation of court hearings in the case of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Boeing -777 passenger jet flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17,…

March 4, 2020MH17, Netherlands, Russia

Estimates Intelligence ops

Working with the diasporas as an expansion and imperialism tool

Russia and Serbia aggressively support their compatriots abroad. Their approach to regulate this issue legislatively is quite similar. It reflects a strongly Orthodox martyrdom narrative. The protection of compatriots worldwide is…

February 28, 2020Russia, Serbia

Conflict Estimates

Republika Srpska’s secession from BiH is impossible technically and pushes the Balkans in a new wave of violence

The technical impossibility of Republika Srpska’s secession from Bosnia and Herzegovina might destabilize the situation in the Balkans that internal and external forces can benefit. Such a scenario may occur…

February 21, 2020Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU, NATO, Republica Srpska, Russia, Serbia

Intelligence ops Situation Reports

Russia has got access to MH-17 case investigation files and is trying to influence public opinion on the eve of the court hearing

As the trial date on MH17 case approaches, the activity of pro-Russian disinformation groups is going to increase. But no amount of disinformation can negate the fact that both the Netherlands…

February 20, 2020MH17, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine

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