... widening of the EEU to new countries. The result is that the future of the whole Eurasian integration project is unclear. Since its inception, the EEU has been in a perpetual state of identity crisis. Western critics deride the Union as nothing more than a Russian attempt to revive the Soviet Union, a claim that President Putin has vehemently denied. This is based on the argument that the economic rationale for the Union, the revival of economic ties between post-Soviet countries, was against the economic ...
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- 04.07.2016 12:06:00
On June 30, 2016, the United States announced that it would be open to limited military cooperation with Russia in Syria against the al Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra. Washington’s cooperation proposal was conditional on Russia pressuring Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to cease military assaults against Syrian rebels the US government does not label ...
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- 03.07.2016 23:28:00
... campaign, the reality beyond America seems to show his candidacy is being taken quite seriously by other countries. Some may even be taking it not just seriously but favorably when compared to the anticipated presidency of another Clinton. At the moment, Russia seems to be one of those countries. However, deeper analysis shows this ‘support’ might be more of an indictment against past Hillary positions and statements rather than based on real evidence that accurately predicts what a Trump ...
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- 30.06.2016 20:53:00
According to the “The Soft Power 30” index published on June 14, Russia made it to the 27th place. Jonathan McClory admits that it can be quite surprising. However, he argues that Russia is a diplomatic powerhouse with unique capabilities. Seems Russian soft power has risen last year.
On June 14, 2016 Portland, ...
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- 20.06.2016 16:06:00
Having never officially observed an election in Brazil former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and the organization he founded to promote ethical democracy have given unequivocal support to president (sic) Michel Temer and his team in their efforts to safeguard Brazil's democratic values.
The endorsement, signed by Carter, congratulated prominent electoral law specialist Torquato Jardim on his appointment as Temer's new Transparency Minister. It went on the official government website...
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- 20.06.2016 09:29:00
On April 19, 2016, Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdirshad Ali Sharmake held a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. At that summit, Sharmake requested Russian support for his efforts to strengthen the Somali military’s ability to confront Al-Shabaab, an ISIS-allied terror organization based in East Africa. This request ...
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- 19.06.2016 23:10:00
For now, what makes flaring a legitimate issue on the Russian agenda is the embarrassment of the Russian government for the internationally broadcasted satellite images of APG released in Siberia that “challenges China’s Great wall as the most visible man-made phenomenon that can be seen from ...
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- 07.06.2016 16:45:00
... which could justify adherence to this practices during the process of crude oil extraction, however, it is more and more difficult to accept this business-as-usual model, especially if concerns about the climate change are taken into account.
Today, Russia remains the world’s first oil and second gas producer and accounts for 27% of the world’s total annual flaring of 110bcm as is estimated by NOAA. Speaking about flaring, it is important to note that not only it contributes to pollution ...
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- 07.06.2016 16:30:00
Many analysts and politicians consider the current political crisis between Russia and the European Union as part of a long-term negative trend that will lead to a further decrease in cooperation between the two parties. In reality, the current crisis is rather a temporary one that mostly concerns the state of relations between ...
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- 06.06.2016 12:08:00
On April 27, 2016, General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, declared that Libya barely existed as a state and was a breeding ground for jihadist networks, like the Islamic State. To justify his grim assessment, Gerasimov accused the United States of using democracy promotion as a pretext ...
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- 02.06.2016 00:21:00
The quality of the commercial cooperation between Russian and Western European companies in the energy sector has remained significant, despite the sanctions regime. Strong economic rationale seems to prevail over politics. The German-Russian relations have been the most prominent in the region and have ...
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- 27.05.2016 12:32:00
The Yamal LNG project has recently demonstrated that Russia’s eastward pivot may in fact provide a solution to the financial constrains, imposed as a result of the Ukraine-related Western sanctions against Russian companies and individuals. Russian, French and Chinese investors have found a way to ...
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- 16.05.2016 10:22:00
International coordination, for example, played a useful role enhancing intelligence and security at the olympics in Sochi and London.
In Russia and Great Britain, awareness of extremist threats is embedded among the society because people in both nations know what it feels like to have their homeland attacked by terrorists.
Brazil, which hosts the Rio Olympics in July, has never experienced ...
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- 16.05.2016 06:58:00
Stating that the relation between the European Union and Russia is currently blocked by the Ukrainian Crisis means ignoring the condition related difference between the two entities. Russia is a country of personal political and strategic identity. Although it launched the project of the Euro-Asiatic Union,...
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- 13.05.2016 10:24:00
... amidst the backdrop of US-sanctioned neo-Nazi thuggery in Ukraine, and a pandemic rise in anti-Semitism all over Europe.
Did someone say “Never again!”?
Perhaps, the growing chasm between Western rhetoric and reality was a reason why Russian president Vladimir Putin called for the creation of “a non-aligned system of international security to counter global terror” during his May 9 V-Day speech. He warned off the “double standards” and “short-sighted ...
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- 10.05.2016 00:35:00
... European Parliament condemned, in early February 2016, the alleged violations of human rights perpetrated against the Tatars in Crimea after the reconciliation of the peninsula with Moscow. The last initiative made by the European establishment against the Russian Federation reaffirmed, once again, the deteriorated status of bilateral relations between the Kremlin and Brussels, aggravated by the long lasting adoption of sanctions and counter-sanctions. The European message is clear: the dialogue with Russia,...
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- 06.05.2016 11:31:00
There goes a saying: A chain is as strong as its weakest link. This may very well be the case with the EU vis-à-vis its member state dependency on Russian natural gas. While analyzing the European gas market, too much attention has been focused on the EU-28 average gas consumption index and very little scrutiny was given to individual member states. Analysts were fixated with the EU Commission official ...
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- 04.05.2016 11:10:00
Much has been written about Europe’s falling dependency on natural gas and how detrimental this seemed to be for Russia, being the biggest supplier of natural gas to the old continent. Falling demand, falling prices and eventually falling revenues for Russia’s state budget – Russophobes were quick to celebrate the demise of Europe’s gas dependency ...
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- 29.04.2016 13:05:00
... Bucharest intends to discuss its project during the summit of the Alliance in Warsaw in July. It is noticeably the first concrete Romanian initiative in terms of maritime security in the Black Sea, a naval theater which has been depicted extensively as a Russian-Turkish security condominium since 1991. Romania is a key NATO member in the region, hosting on its soil most of the US ABM facilities currently under deployment, the US Black Sea Rotational Force which is dispatched at the Mihail Kogălniceanu ...
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- 27.04.2016 12:26:00
... Force for Public Security, a multiorganizational force of around 85,000 from Brazil’s armed forces, police, and intelligence and security professionals. It is about twice the size of the force that provided security for the 2012 London Olympics.
Russia has intelligence and security professionals working with Brazil in support of the counterterrorism efforts. The Russian presence is part of a joint effort among 60 nations who are helping to provide security for the Rio games.
Coordinating the ...
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- 24.04.2016 13:34:00