Tag: Russia

Vladimir Putin Russia and Mohammed Bin Salman Saudi Arabia
Posted in Middle East Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russia and Saudi Arabia discussed the situation in the global oil market

The recent phone conversation between the President of Russia and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia might be interpreted as the Kremlin’s move to counter the recent U.S. President Joe Biden’s official visit to Riyadh.

Kassym Jomart Tokayev and Vladimir Putin
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Central Asia Monitoring & Analysis Russia

The Kazakhstan energy politics: is oil diversification a geopolitical conundrum?

In a world of growing polarity, Kazakhstan has been attempting to portray itself as a bridge connecting the East and the West. However, the so-called Russian “special operation” in Ukraine has forced the Central Asian nation to distance itself gradually from Moscow.

Sergey Lavrov and Hossein Amir Abdollahian Russia and Iran
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Middle East Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russia and Iran: boosting strategic partnership to counter Western pressure

Although Russian – Iranian ties date back to the Islamic Revolution, Moscow’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine (or special military operation as the Kremlin has always declared) and Tehran’s nuclear ambitions have strengthened the cooperation and pushed these Western adversaries together.

Kassym Jomart Tokayev Kazakhstan and Rustam Minnikov Tatarstan scaled e1655474901257
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia

SPIEF 2022: Kazakhstan strengthens economic cooperation with Tatarstan and Bashkortostan

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s official visit to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2022) confirmed the diplomatic, economic and political partnership between Russia and Kazakhstan and the strategic role that Tatarstan and Bashkortostsn play in promoting Moscow-Nursultan relations.

Hayat Tahrir al Sham flag
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia Terrorism

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s threat in the Russian Federation

The Russian Federation is not immune to jihadist propaganda and terrorist activities. Arrests in the last months of people connected to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have demonstrated that this terrorist organisation has created or attempted to create a network in different Russian regions.

Vladimir Putin SPIEF 2022
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia

SPIEF 2022, Russian economic strategy and international business

The Russian Federation will host international business companies and government representatives at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2022), an event that underlines the Kremlin’s economic strategy and foreign politics in Eurasia and the global arena.

Russian Pacific Fleet
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Asia-Pacific Monitoring & Analysis Russia

The Russian Federation strengthens the Pacific Fleet

The Russian Federation outlined a programme to deploy the Pacific submarine flotilla as the Kremlin’s response to the growing geopolitical instability in the Northwest Asia-Pacific region. In this area, the Russian Federation identifies the Sea of Japan and the Korean Peninsula as the main geostrategic areas

China embassy in Belgrade Serbia
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 China Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Serbia at the crossroads between the Chinese dragon and the Russian bear: new tensions in the Balkans?

The war in Ukraine provided Serbia with an opportunity to continue and boost the policy, which was already unfolding even before the war, of replacing Russia with China as Serbia’s primary non-Western partner.

Hackers
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Ukraine conflict’s impact on cyber landscape and potential threats

Recent cyber attacks against Italian government websites highlighted the Ukraine conflict’s impact on the cyber landscape and possible future threats to Europe and Russia’s public institutions and private businesses.

Chechen troops
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Ukraine conflict and Muslim ‘mujahideen’ among the Russian forces

Since several Muslim soldiers are fighting in Ukraine among the ranks of the Russian troops, there is considerable debate and propaganda if they can be considered ‘mujahideen’ who fight in ‘the path of Allah’ or ‘disbelievers’.

Russian troops in Ukraine e1650461946163
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Geopolitical risk of foreign mercenaries and fighters in the Ukraine conflict

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, several foreign fighters from different countries are fighting in Ukraine to support Kyiv’s Government. On the other hand, Middle Eastern newspapers reported that Syrian and Iranian fighters might arrive in Ukraine to fight among the Kremlin’s ranks.

Reichstagsgebaude von Westen
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Germany’s new policy in the European context

Due to the Ukraine conflict and the European Union confrontation with Russia, Germany decided to increase its military expenditure proving Berlin’s new strategic approach to the European geopolitics.

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Posted in Caucasus Kavkaz Files ISSN 2975-0474 Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Iran seeks cooperation with the Dagestani port of Makhachkala

Iran will play a primary role in the import-export activities in the Dagestani port of Makhachkala. The recent meeting between Dagestan and Iran’s representatives showed mutual interest in expanding trade cooperation and transit agreement.

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS
Posted in Central Asia Monitoring & Analysis Russia

CIS countries strengthened military cooperation

The recent Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting underlined the Kremlin’s strategy to strengthen its influence in Eurasia through military cooperation and diplomacy. In the aftermath of the Ukrainian Crisis and with the increasing influence of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Russia confirms its desire to be the principal player in Eurasia.

Evento Libera
Posted in Events Russia SpecialEurasia News Ukraine

Work shop “Storia di un conflitto. Dall’Euromaidan ai giorni nostri”, San Marino 23 aprile 2022

{:en}Il giorno sabato 23 aprile 2022 alle ore 14.00 il team di SpecialEurasia prenderà parte all’evento “Storia di un Conflitto. Dall’Euromaidan ai giorni nostri. La Repubblica di San Marino e i nuovi equilibri geopolitici mondiali” organizzato da Libera.{:}{:it}Il giorno sabato 23 aprile 2022 alle ore 14.00 si svolgerà a San Marino l’evento “Storia di un Conflitto. Dall’Euromaidan ai giorni nostri. La Repubblica di San Marino e i nuovi equilibri geopolitici mondiali” organizzato da Libera a cui prenderà parte del team di SpecialEurasia per illustrare il quadro geopolitico dell’attuale conflitto ucraino, i problemi per la sicurezza e i cambiamenti nei mercati degli investimenti.{:}

Russian honour guard
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Asia-Pacific Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russian Federation’s militarisation of the Northwest Asia-Pacific

In the political-strategic vision of the Russian Federation, the Northwest Asia-Pacific region represents a geo-maritime space of high strategic value for the defence of its national interests

Raisi and Putin
Posted in Middle East Monitoring & Analysis Persian Files ISSN 2975-0598 Russia

Russian economy is shifting toward Eurasian markets through Iran

The Western sanctions against Russia caused by the Ukraine conflict have changed the Kremlin’s foreign policy, which currently seems to be more oriented toward the Eurasian market, as the recent Iran-Russia trade conference highlighted.

South Ossetia and Russia
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Caucasus Kavkaz Files ISSN 2975-0474 Russia

Geopolitics of South Ossetia’s possible annexation to Russia

South Ossetia considers the eventuality to join the Russian Federation through a referendum that will change the geopolitical chessboard of the Caucasus and influence the dynamics between Moscow and Tbilisi.

Iran and Russia flag
Posted in Middle East Monitoring & Analysis Persian Files ISSN 2975-0598 Russia

Russia and Iran intensify trade and economic ties

While the Western world is increasingly moving away from Russian exports, Moscow and Tehran are taking measures to intensify trade and economic cooperation, as evidenced by intensive negotiations between the parties.

Nagorno Karabakh conflict
Posted in Caucasus Kavkaz Files ISSN 2975-0474 Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict might influence Moscow-Baku relations

The recent military escalation at the Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan border, which caused victims from both sides, could negatively affect relations between Moscow and Baku and plunge the region into a new geopolitical, security, and socio-political crisis.

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Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its impact on food and regional security

Since the beginning of the special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, political leaders and experts have been seriously concerned about the situation on the world food market. It is possible that a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East may face a real threat of famine.

Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev e1647942369691
Posted in Caucasus Kavkaz Files ISSN 2975-0474 Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russia and Azerbaijan discussed the “Green Corridor”

Russia and Azerbaijan discussed the “Green Corridor” project, which might become an alternative trade route to counter Western sanctions and strengthen Moscow-Baku relations in the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea region.

SpecialEurasia Russian Japanese relations and the Sea of Japan
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Asia-Pacific Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russian-Japanese relations and the Sea of Japan

Due to the political-military instability in the Korean Peninsula, Moscow and Tokyo have increased their monitoring activities in the Sea of Japan to defend their respective geopolitical and strategic interests.

Ukraine conflict and Cybercriminals SpecialEurasia
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Ukraine conflict and cybercriminals

The Ukraine conflict has highlighted the prominent role that cybercriminals and hackers might play in a contemporary war characterised by the extensive use of tech products, social media and the Internet. 

Russian Muslim organisations meeting
Posted in Caucasus Kavkaz Files ISSN 2975-0474 Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Ukraine conflict, the North Caucasus, and Russian Muslim leaders’ support to the Kremlin

Since the Ukraine conflict has attracted foreign fighters and the Russian Armed Forces have among their soldiers Muslim believers, the leaders of the Russian Muslim organisations released a statement supporting the Kremlin.

Meeting between Vladimir Skurikhin and Abdul Kabir
Posted in Monitoring & Analysis Russia

Russian companies’ interests in Afghanistan and TAPI

During the last few days, Russian companies have shown interest in supporting the TAPI pipeline project and the Taliban in reparing their helicopters and training personnel highlighting the Kremlin’s strategy in Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Russian Army
Posted in Geopolitical Report ISSN 2785-2598 Monitoring & Analysis Russia Ukraine

Russia security can not be anti-Russian

Ukraine conflict and the Russian military operations highlight that international security can only be mutual, based on relevant contractual obligations and tangible actions that create an atmosphere of mutual trust.