Russia Monitor Articles
Scandal in Moscow’s FSB
Information on the detention of FSB officers suspected of corruption has recently leaked to the media, which may confirm the escalation of some inter-group conflicts within the Russian security apparatus.
Russians are returning to Central Asia
New perspectives on military presence in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia are standing open to Moscow. While Kyrgyzstan invites the Russian army to the Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan returns to military cooperation with Moscow.
One Bulava does not make a summer
A successful test of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, the first such test since last fall, does not mean the end of problems with weapons of this kind.
Russia wants more troops in Syria
During the next round of Syria talks in Astana, the Russian delegation has agreed to send more battalions of a military police to Syria.
Assets owned by “Putinocrats”? It’s a secret.
Duma has passed, and President has promptly signed a new law that allows for classifying any information about the assets owned not only by top Russian officials and their families…
Demolition worth billions of dollars
The number one enemy of the Kremlin government must choose his political route for the future.
Quo vadis, Navalny?
The number one enemy of the Kremlin government must choose his political route for the future. He has proven his ability to mobilize tens of thousands of people all over the country to risk taking to the streets with anti-regime slogans.
Volodin’s ambitions
The upcoming presidential campaign increases tension between the Kremlin and the State Duma. Precisely, it regards the tension between the leadership of the Presidential Administration and the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament.
Black clouds over Gazprom
The United States has started a gas offensive in Central and Eastern Europe. Following the first LNG supply to Poland, supplies of American gas will also reach Lithuania.
Two attacks, two colonels dead
In the Ukrainian capital there was another attack whose victim appeared to be a person involved somehow in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Persecution in Crimea
Over the course of just two days in June, we’ve got information from the Russian-occupied peninsula that attests to the fact that the number of repressions towards critics and opponents of the annexation of Crime haven’t decreased.
Purges in the regions
This summer, elections of governors will be held in sixteen regions of the Russian Federation. But this is only one of many reasons for the unprecedented rise of political temperatures in the regions.
Election the Russian Way
Faced with increasing protests, the Russian regime is taking more steps to eliminate the risks connected with the upcoming elections.
A Clash in Syria
Recent US attacks at the allies of Russia in Syria have increased tension between Washington and Moscow.
Warsaw Institute
