US-Germany Nord Stream 2 agreement — a victory for Russia
At the same time, European gas storage levels are at only 53 percent of their capacity, or nearly…
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Putin’s new article – ‘ideological justification for a future war,’ Pastukhov says
As such, Putin’s article is a kind of justification for action, “although Putin doesn’t understand this,” the London-based…
Russia prepares for Zapad 2021, keeps heavy armed forces close to Ukraine
On June 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Moscow had withdrawn around 10,000 troops from the border…
War scare is Putin’s natural element
The current escalation of tensions around eastern Ukraine is dangerous and may appear untimely and inopportune while Europe…
Moscow will be ready for a war against Ukraine ‘in a month,’ Felgenhauer says
With the turn of the calendar and increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine and Russia and the West,…
Biden phones Zelenskyy amid Russian troop build-up along Ukrainian borders and escalation in Donbas
Ukraine has been locked in a conflict with Russia since March 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine’s southernmost region…
Moscow’s plans for new kind of aircraft carrier unlikely to be realized
In late February, TASS reported that Russian designers have come up with “a new class of ship.” The…
“Wrong time to relax”: Ukrainian intel chief says no end to hybrid war while Putin in power
Hybrid war, an armed conflict, Russia’s aggressive policy towards internal socio-economic and political processes in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s…
What if Russia wins in Ukraine? Consequences of Hybrid War for Europe (Part 2)
In part one, I conceptualized the Hybrid War. I argued that it is a long term strategy, aimed…
Russia may get a new aircraft carrier but only one of Soviet design and only in 10 years
Now that Vladimir Putin has signaled that he wants Russia to have a new aircraft carrier, officials are…
Gagauzia – object lesson for Ukraine on how a ‘reintegrated’ region gives Moscow leverage
Many Ukrainian commentators have focused on Transdniestria as an example of the way in which Moscow uses a…
Kremlin’s ‘Mobilization Party’ believes limited nuclear strike would save its power at home and boost Russia’s abroad, Piontkovsky says
A newly coalescing “Mobilization Party” in the Kremlin is convinced that it can only save its own position…
Piontkovsky: To save his regime, Putin preparing to use nuclear weapons convinced West will blink first
“Even the toughest authoritarian regime cannot operate on force alone,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, noting that the collapse of…
Putin, his position shaky, may begin new aggression with nuclear blackmail, Piontkovsky says
Russia is not in a position to engage in an arms race with the United States, Andrey Piontkovsky…
The Kremlin’s hybrid arsenal – an annotated checklist
There are so many aspects to Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid” war against the West that it is remarkably easy…
Russian military finds a way to have a domestic control role, Golts says
The Russian high command has long wanted to have a domestic crowd control role, rather than as has…
Kirillova: Sochi Games scandal revealed what Putin was like even before Crimea
Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had…
‘Russia’s dependency on China growing with each passing day,’ Felgenhauer says
Three days ago, Pavel Felgenhauer published in Moscow’s Novaya gazeta an article headlined “The Dependence of Russia on…
Growing Russian nostalgia for Soviet past far more dangerous than it appears, Kirillova says
New polls show that the share of Russians who would like to go “back to the USSR” is…
Putin regime – West’s ‘existential’ enemy and West must stop his aggression in Ukraine by force, Skobov says
The regime Vladimir Putin has created in Russia is an “existential” enemy of the West and an international…