Russia’s Foreign Military Basing Strategy
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In December 2020, news broke that Russia had signed an agreement with Sudan to build a naval base on the Red Sea. Given the refurbishment of…
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The Real and Projected Strategic Dimension of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since its annexation of Crimea, Russia has not deviated from its coercive military behavior, displaying its military might again and again. The substance of its military…
Russia’s Entanglement in Syria: A Protracted, Extreme Stress Factor for the Russian Navy
(PONARS Policy Memo) On Russian Navy Day, July 30, 2017, a high-profile naval parade was held in St. Petersburg to demonstrate the power of the Russian Navy both to the world…
Russia’s New and Unrealistic Naval Doctrine
(War on the Rocks) The Russian Navy is keen on showy demonstrations of strength. Just in the last week, it has begun an exercise with the Chinese navy in the Baltic Sea and…
Russian Naval Shipbuilding: Is It Possible to Fulfill the Kremlin’s Grand Expectations?
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent reinforcement of the region’s military forces have been combined with a general increase in naval activity—including aggressive activity…
Gorenburg: Russia to build new submarines in the near future
(Fox News) Russia is reportedly bringing back a fleet of Cold War-era mini-submarines, a move that could ramp up tensions with the West. Moscow is set to bring back the…
Gorenburg: Companies want security in Russian Arctic shipping lanes
(The Moscow Times) Long-discussed Russian plans to develop an Arctic passage rivaling the Suez Canal are finally coming closer to reality, even as low oil prices threaten the financial viability of the route.
After years of little…
Gorenburg: Kaliningrad the “obvious place” to deploy more military hardware
(RFE/RL) Russia is pouring troops and weapons — including missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads — into its western exclave of Kaliningrad at such a rate that the region is…
MVMS-2013 Naval Salon Prompts More Reflections on the Future of the Russian Navy
There have been a number of interesting articles written on the future of the Russian Navy in conjunction with the naval salon in St. Petersburg earlier this month. I’ll try…
Alternative Designs for the New Russian Destroyer
Just a quick note today. My friend and colleague Ilya Kramnik plots out four alternative designs for the new Russian destroyer currently in the works. 1) 7500-9000 tons, ~160 meters long, gas…