NEWS
Date: 5 February 2018
Russia Monitor Monthly 01/2018
All January Russia Monitor articles, which include reviews of the most important events related to Russian security and its foreign policy, available in one file.
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The January issue of Russia Monitor Monthly contains the following articles:
• Black Clouds over Bastrykin,
• Purges in Luhansk,
• New Year, Same War,
• Putin’s Trick in Donbass,
• How Russia Avoids Sanctions. Episode 2,
• Rosgvardiya’s iron fist,
• No chances of Russian military base in Sudan,
• Russia’s Investigative Commitee Faces Imminent Revolution,
• Russians Bother U.S. Allies,
• FSB “cleans up” after the failed operation,
• Why Moscow left Kurds. 5 reasons,
• Another “liberal” is going to jail,
• Russia strengthens its forces on the Baltic Sea,
• Moscow plays the Ossetian card.