Staunton, September 22 – Russia faces a humanitarian catastrophe of extraordinary proportions this winter, Konstantin Borovoy says, with many Russians now not simply below the poverty line but at risk of survival, a trend that the Russian government has implicitly acknowledged by introducing ration cards for certain categories of the population. Unless Moscow gets enough […]
This is a cross-post from Oryx Blog After the sighting of Su-30MS’ and Su-24M2s over Syrian airspace just days ago, new satellite imagery acquired by Stratfor and AllSource Analysis, dating from the 20th of September, has now revealed the presence of twelve Su-25 ‘Frogfoots’ being assembled at Hmeemeem/Bassel al-Assad IAP for a total of twenty […]
Russian Fascist Militants Give Money to Swedish Counterparts 2015-09-21 13:40:17 A previous post addressed the issue of two Russian far right organizations, namely the Rodina party and the Russian Imperial Movement (Russkoe Imperskoye Dvizheniye or RID), engaged in building of an international extreme right network under the title “World National-Conservative Movement” (WNCM). According to its […]
Today, September 17, at 4:00 pm EST the Institute for Modern Russia and the Atlantic Council will co-host the presentation of a new report from The Interpreter titled An Invasion by Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine prepared by the Liveblog Team. Livestreaming of the presentation can be seen here. A PDF […]
This is a cross-post from Oryx Blog: The past few days have seen a steep increase of evidence revealing the true extent of direct military involvement by the Russian military on the ground in Syria. The sighting of recently delivered Russian UAVs and Russian BTR-82A infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) in addition to sound fragments confirming […]
‘A Lie isn’t an Alternative Point of View,’ Lithuanian Foreign Minister Reminds the West 2015-09-12 23:59:07 Staunton, September 12, 2015 One of the reasons for the success Vladimir Putin has had in his propaganda efforts is that he has exploited a dangerous trend in Western media – the proclivity of many journalists and their audiences […]
The Three Pins of a Deadly Grenade Near the Ukrainian Parliament 2015-09-12 22:21:11 In the course of the violent protests that took place by the Verkhovna Rada (the building of the Ukrainian parliament) on August 31, three National Guards were killed, and several dozens more servicemen, as well as protesters themselves, were wounded. The 3,000-strong […]
Staunton, September 10, 2015 Putin Opening ‘Second’ and Different ‘Front’ against the West in Syria, Felshtinsky Says 2015-09-11 20:22:51 Staunton, September 10, 2015 With the dispatch of Russian troops to Syria, Vladimir Putin has opened ‘a second front’ against the West, one that is very different in its methods and intentions than the first one […]
Staunton, September 11, 2015 Moscow Mulls Mobilizing Transdniestria and Gagauzia against Pro-Europe Activists in Chisinau 2015-09-11 20:36:08 Staunton, September 10, 2015 An article in the September 10th issue of Nezavisimaya gazeta highlighting opposition by Transdniestria and Gagauzia to the pro-EU protests in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau is another indication that some in Moscow are […]
Reports of the murder of a dozen border guards by jihadist terrorists at the Turkmen-Afghan border this summer and the seizure of $1.5 million from jihadists in the north of the country have shone light on the much-increased threat Turkmenistan faces from international terrorism. Critics, including one dissident ex-MP, have expressed fears this could lead […]
