Section: Research & Analysis
Ukrainians thwarted pro-Putin lobby’s plans in the Biden administration, — Piontkovsky
Andrey Piontkovsky, a political scientist from Washington, in an interview with the host of the Studio West program, Antin Borkovsky, on the Espreso TV channel, talked about the Russian lobby in the White House and attempts at new negotiations. The extremely important visit of China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu to Moscow — Minsk. What...
How much more weapons does Russia have? Calculation of enemy losses and capabilities
The 180,000-strong Russian military group that invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, consisted of the most highly trained units equipped with the most modern weapons. Russia lost all of this but unpacked its almost bottomless stockpiles of military equipment. Spoiler: it will last for several more years. To assess how much and what kind of...
From “combat mosquitoes” to mobilization: Center for Countering Disinformation explains how Russian propaganda has “evolved”
The Center for Countering Disinformation revealed how Russians conduct information-psychological operations to deceive Ukrainians and strike a chord. Among the current topics are mobilization and war. “Combat mosquitoes” and the “fictitious Ukrainian coronavirus” — these were fake stories spread by Russia about half a year...
A sanctions bag full of holes: what the West must do to stop Russia
“No Money, No War!” — This is one of the postulates of history. That’s why, in the early days of the full-scale invasion, an entirely appropriate response from the West was an attempt to cut off the sources of funding for Putin’s regime. Sanctions were meant to be a “bag over the head” of the Russian economy....
The threat of the Nord Stream level: why the EU should stop purchasing Russian liquefied gas
On August 18, the European Commission announced that the gas storage facilities of the EU are filled to 90%, significantly ahead of the schedule of previous years, allowing for a reduction in the import of Russian gas. Is the EU capable of now refusing Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG)? By the end of the first half of the year, Europe received...
Hundreds of spies, antennas, and the Russian Orthodox Church: how Russia сreated a network of agents in Brussels for years
Brussels is the capital of the European Union, home to the main EU institutions, the headquarters of NATO, and over 100 international organizations that play a crucial role in making political decisions. Meanwhile, for decades, Russians have been creating a network that actively promotes the “Russian world” in Brussels and likely...