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Putin’s Non-Starter in Arms Control Marks the Nadir of Russia’s Status

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The virtual meeting of the Russian Security Council last Friday (October 16) started with a surprise meant to signify a major foreign policy initiative. Namely, President Vladimir Putin…

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The Coronavirus Crisis Undercuts Russia’s Geopolitical Ambitions

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The sharp rise of COVID-19 infections in Russia in the last couple of weeks was predictable given the relatively high “plateau” of new cases over the summer after…

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No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

(Brookings) full-blown war erupted in the South Caucasus last Sunday, September 27, and as the two belligerents — Armenia and Azerbaijan — mobilize their forces under martial law, no international authority…

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Dismissing European Outrage, Russia Turns Itself Into a ‘Great Pariah Power’

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) With its latest double breach of norms of international behavior—poisoning the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and embracing the discredited Belarusian autocrat, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka—Russia has managed to unite…

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Russia Alarmed and Awed by the Belarusian Revolution

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Five weeks of peaceful mass protests in Belarus after the falsified elections on August 9, have profoundly changed this formerly rather stable and conservative country, impressed its European…

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A Chain of Poor Choices Leads Putin Into a Serious Blunder

(Euasia Daily Monitor) Russia traditionally returns to normal work, after a summer break, on September 1. This year, however, although schools reopened as usual, broader public and political life persisted on…

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Russia’s Problems Grow Into Big Trouble, but Putin Remains Aloof

(EDM) The Russian Security Council held a virtual session last Friday (August 7), and President Vladimir Putin opened with the proposal to discuss the “international situation in general”; if his subordinates…

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The Russian Side of the Murky Story in Belarus

(EDM) The presidential elections in Belarus were expected to be a tightly controlled affair, resulting in a convincing victory, on August 9, for the incumbent, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who has firmly retained…

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Crisis in Russia Deepens and Spreads, but Putin Remains in Denial

(EDM) Every country in the world is experiencing its own particular version of the ongoing global health-and-economic crisis, and Russia faces a particularly complex one, aggravated by outstanding and escalating mismanagement.…

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Wave of Post-Plebiscite Repressions Makes Russia More Dangerous

(EDM) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political “triumph” in securing approval for the set of amendments to the constitution in a public vote on July 1 (see EDM, July 2) has brought neither…

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Putin’s Non-Starter in Arms Control Marks the Nadir of Russia’s Status

The Coronavirus Crisis Undercuts Russia’s Geopolitical Ambitions

No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

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Russia’s Problems Grow Into Big Trouble, but Putin Remains Aloof

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Crisis in Russia Deepens and Spreads, but Putin Remains in Denial

Wave of Post-Plebiscite Repressions Makes Russia More Dangerous