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Putin’s Grand Strategy for #Sanctions Evasion Eric Woods on Putin’s strategy to keep its military production supplied with vital components in the face of Western sanctions ridl.io/putin-s-grand-…

Narrator: New START requires nothing of the kind.

Future Russia would be interested in having Ukraine in NATO to avoid future attacks. Once Russia de-occupies Ukraine.

Russia saw several militant/terrorist threats in May. Unknown men attacked traffic police in Makhachkala on 5/5. A week after, an Islamic State cell was thwarted there. Another IS cell was later arrested in Nizhny Novgorod. I analyze the ongoing threat in my latest Riddle Russia

In my last essay for Riddle Russia's essay series, I take a first-stab here at developing a framework for understanding the strategy of Russian leadership to undermine the global sanctions targeting Russia after 2022. ridl.io/putin-s-grand-…

Russian memorandum. As max as it gets. All the demands ever made in one document. Not even a hint of a compromise: Предложения РФ (Меморандум) по урегулированию украинского кризиса Раздел I Основные параметры окончательного урегулирования: 1. Международно-правовое

Russia demands complete surrender of Ukraine. Putin won’t stop. The West and Trump in particular should show resolve and increase the supplies of all that Ukraine needs to defend itself

Check this Harold Chambers analysis to keep up with what is happening with terrorist attacks in Northern Caucasus

Russia is increasingly reliant on China as a long-term partner, but China, while benefiting from cheap Russian fuel, has no intention of becoming dependent on Russia and treats it as one of many partners. ridl.io/fossil-fuel-of…

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On today’s “Chto Sluchilos” podcast episode, Meduza’s Vladislav Gorin spoke to Pavel Podvig about Russian strategic aviation and its role in broader military strategy. I wrote up this summary in English. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

According to latest official Russian data on KIA in Ukraine that was provided by MOD in 2022, Russia has less than 6000 killed. So Russia “can’t get back” 6000 killed as officially they don’t exist.

Western governments have not pushed as hard diplomatically as they otherwise could on the major third countries most important for assisting Russia to evade #sanctions—countries that view their trade relations with Russia as perfectly legal Eric Woods ridl.io/putin-s-grand-…

Большая игра Путина по обходу санкций Eric Woods о том, как Россия использует третьи страны, чтобы импортировать оборудование и компоненты для нужд российской промышленности ridl.io/ru/bolshaya-ig…

In the Kerch Strait, Crimea, south Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out the third attack against the Crimean Bridge during the full-scale war, mining and damaging its underwater supports, the SBU announced: kyivindependent.com/breaking-ukrai…