by tool | Mar 9, 2019 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 9 March 2019 “External Enemy”: Putin Gives New Tasks to FSB Vladimir Putin’s address at the Federal Security Service Board meeting confirmed the regime’s eagerness to further sharpen its domestic policy. The president...
by tool | Mar 8, 2019 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 8 March 2019 Russia Imposes Foreign Sailing Restrictions on Northern Sea Route The Russian authorities have announced its plan to introduce foreign sailing restrictions on the Northern Sea Route. In consequence, Moscow will be de-facto able to...
by tool | Mar 7, 2019 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 7 March 2019 “Internal Enemy”: Putin Gives New Tasks to Interior Ministry After an annual meeting of the Interior Ministry Board, the Kremlin has lost all hopes to regain popularity by adopting the “carrot approach,”...
by tool | Mar 2, 2019 | Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 2 March 2019 The Cost of Putin’s Social Promises Vladimir Putin’s presidential address to Russia’s Federal Assembly paved his way to make social promises intended to improve the standard of living in the country. This came as a...
by tool | Feb 28, 2019 | RMM EN 02/2019, Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 28 February 2019 Russia’s SVR Improves Its Public Image After Sergey Naryshkin, a political and official, became the director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) in 2016, many expected that he would undertake substantial...
by tool | Feb 28, 2019 | RMM EN 02/2019, Russia Monitor
RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 28 February 2019 Heavily Indebted Rosneft Hopes for New Gas Opportunities Russia’s state-run oil company Rosneft has yet again indicated that the Russian authorities should break Gazprom’s monopoly on gas pipeline exports. This may be...
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