Posted inGovernance
Putin’s health rumors as a sign of power shift
The Kremlin is gearing up for Putin to release his grip on power amid constant rumors he is ill. This goes along with a tough fight by policy-makers and malfunction…
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The Finno-Ugric separatist trends in Russia
The Finno-Ugric peoples have influenced greatly on the modern Russian ethnos formation. Nevertheless, many of them stayed isolated in their linguistic, religious and cultural development. First of all, we are…
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Military conflict in Karabakh brought to a close: Moscow’s hand strengthened while that of Turkey weakened
Military conflict in Karabakh ended with expanded military presence by Russia in the Caucasus under the Transnistrian scenario. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed he had signed a peace deal…
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Raising pressure by economic sanctions is the only way to make Russia live in peace with the West
The economic sanctions imposed against Russia for repeated violation of international law and aggressive activity by the Kremlin in Europe, have emerged effective and are likely to become an efficient…
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Separatist Trends Among the Turki and Mongols Inhabiting the European Part of Russia
The Slavs explored the European part of Russia much earlier than Siberia and the North Caucasus. However, the peoples of Turkic and Mongolian origin, some of whom had a state…
Posted inIntelligence ops
Cyber espionage and Russia’s intelligence hack activities
Since 2014 Russian military intelligence has been actively practicing cyber warfare methods on the territory of NATO countries and their allies. The Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) likely possesses the finest…
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Siberian separatism: whether federal center can hold remote regions
Siberia is one Russia’s remote regions with the largest nature’s endowments. Its poor development, economic attractiveness and rising nationalism among core ethnic groups favor separatism. Siberian economic separatism Siberia is…
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Separatism in the Caucasus: Trends and Prospects
Russians are widely perceived as an alien ethnos in the North Caucasus, with religion multiplying the differences. The most significant separatist sentiments are usually expanded in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia,…
Posted inHealthcare
Moscow seeks to test Sputnik V in third world countries
Russia keeps trying to play COVID-19 pandemic card for political purposes. Following an ambitious Sputnik V presentation, named Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Kremlin is doing its utmost to sell it…
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Karabakh, a frozen conflict is not a closed conflict
On September 27th, the 30-year conflict in Karabakh was awakened. Heavy bombardments between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continued as the two warring sides refused to hear repeated appeals from…