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Russia seeks to reinforce its position in Mozambique

Using private military companies and state-owned banks, the critical economic situation in the country and the destabilization in the north of the country caused by the rebellion of the Islamic…

November 26, 2019Mozambique, PMC, Russia

Drug trafficking Estimates

Afghan heroin trafficking and control

May 27, 1986, in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the Soviet cargo ship Kapitan Tomson, coming from Soviet Baltic port of Riga, steered for its berth at the Unitcenter dock in the…

November 25, 2019Afghanistan, heroin, Russia, Taliban

Estimates

Russia is staking on the Hezbollah

Leader of the Lebanese Democratic Movement, Jacques Tamer, stated the need to significantly weaken the influence of the United States and Israel, that have deeply penetrated Lebanese politics with the…

November 22, 2019Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Russia, Syria, weaponizing

Situation Reports

Russian weapons saturate the Middle East illegal market threatening regional security

Russian arms are being sold on a black market in Syria and Iraq. Here are photos of AK-74M with a Pulsar Apex XQ38 and six magazines for sale in Idlib…

November 20, 2019AK-103, Iraq, Russia, Syria, weapon

Energy Situation Reports

Gazprom seeks full monopoly in Europe through pushing out U.S. LNG supplies and eliminating the Ukrainian transit route

Russia is trying to exert pressure on the EU to make the Ukraine government sign a short-term gas transit deal and abandon financial claims to Gazprom, the company which could…

November 19, 2019Germany, Nord Stream-2, Russia, USA

Economy Situation Reports

Russia Doubles Down on EAEU as a Geopolitical Instrument

The Russian Federation has stepped up its efforts to increase the influence of the EAEU in the countries catching the Kremlin’s geopolitical interest. In this case, the geo-economy is only…

November 19, 2019EAEU, economy, Russia, Serbia

Conflict

Russia creates A2/AD zone beyond Syrian borders

Russia has set up a new helicopter base at an airport in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli. The Russian Defence Ministry’s Zvezda TV channel showed the base was established by U.S…

November 16, 2019Russia, Syria

Energy Situation Reports

U.S. to suffer losses from Nord Stream 2 launch

The Kremlin seeks to speed up the commissioning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which could affect the prospects for U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe and…

November 15, 2019economy, EU, Nord Stream-2, Russia, USA

Situation Reports

Government resignation in Moldova as a win of Russia

The Sandu government resignation resulted from government pressure on corrupt officials and the use of oligarchic circles by Russia to strengthen the position of pro-Russian president Igor Dodon. A motion…

November 13, 2019ACUM, Igor Dodon, Maia Sandu, Moldova, Russia

Governance Situation Reports

The situation in Bolivia could turn into a civil war

The situation in Bolivia could turn into an armed confrontation involving foreign countries beyond the region. There has been a change of power in Bolivia. President Evo Morales, amid the…

November 12, 2019Bolivia, China, Cuba, Evo Moralez, Nicaragua, Russia, Venezuela

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