LIVE UPDATES: US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Moscow yesterday, March 24 for an intensive day of meetings that led to some modest joint proposals on Syrian peace talks but no breakthroughs or pledges regarding imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments […]
Moscow Expanding Its Cyber War Against Ukraine 2016-03-25 01:44:32 Staunton, VA, March 24, 2016 – Increasing cyber-attacks against strategic targets in Ukraine are part of Russia’s hybrid war against that country, its security services warn; and Kyiv is having to play catch-up because currently it lacks much of the legal framework and technology for defending against them. […]
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IN THE NEWS Moscow’s big week of diplomacy continues today with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prior to a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Europe to stop playing “geopolitical games” and unite with Moscow against terrorism. Russia has […]
LIVE UPDATES: TASS reports that more than 160 fighters from Ingushetia have joined ISIS, according to Ingushetia’s Internal Minister Aleksandr Trofimov. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: – […]
LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine Images Show Destruction In Separatist-Held Makeyevka, But DNR Claims That Kindergarten Was Hit Appear False 2016-03-24 16:19:13 Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk claim that Ukrainian […]
Originally published on March 23, 2016, revised on March 24, 2016. The crises in Ukraine and Syria have undermined the geopolitical balance that has kept us safe for generations It’s perhaps an outdated cliche that voters do not care about foreign policy. Thanks to the horrific news in Brussels, terrorism in Paris, the chaos in […]
Moscow Losing Ideological War Against Islamists, Russian Experts Say 2016-03-23 19:53:33 Staunton, VA, March 23, 2016 – Moscow has been relatively successful in fighting Islamist radicalism by the use of force, but it has been much less so in the ideological sphere, often committing mistakes that give its opponents an opening which they have eagerly […]
LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine Russian Justice Ministry, Kremlin Deny Plans to Return or Exchange Imprisoned Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko 2016-03-23 21:08:50 RBC reports that in a response to a […]
This month has seen President Vladimir Putin announcing the withdrawal of the “main part” of the Russian military deployment in Syria and confirming the deaths of five servicemen during the campaign that began on September 30, with the death of another reported independently. But while the Kremlin is presenting this as “mission accomplished,” the military operation is […]
