Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Media: Investigation uncovers Russia’s potential sanctions evasion through transit manipulation The scheme redirects goods meant for Central Asia and the Caucasus to Russia by manipulating shipping documents. byYuri Zoria
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Latest news Ukraine Ukraine condemns participation of Central Asian and Caucasian leaders in Moscow military parade On May 9, 2023, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the participation of the Armenian Prime Minister and… byBohdan Ben
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’ Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read More Moscow may have to open ‘third front’ to prevent Central Asian refugee influx into Russian cities, MGIMO expert says Moscow may be forced to dispatch as many as seven army divisions to Central Asia lest the destabilization… byPaul A. Goble