Moscow plays the Ossetian card

Moscow plays the Ossetian card

ROMANIA MONITOR Date: 30 January 2018 Moscow plays the Ossetian card Tbilisi announced that it obtained the first part of the American Javelin missile systems. Moscow replied the following day: ratifying the agreement entailing the incorporation of the South Ossetian...
Russia’s Internal Sea?

Russia’s Internal Sea?

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 10 November 2017 Russia’s Internal Sea? Moscow is consistently increasing its military capabilities in the Caspian Sea. Although Russia is only one of its five coastal countries, it seeks to transform the basin into its “internal...
Abkhaz provocation

Abkhaz provocation

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 10 August 2017 Abkhaz provocation On the 9th anniversary of the outbreak of Russia’s war with Georgia, Vladimir Putin visited separatist Abkhazia where he mentioned Moscow’s support for this self-proclaimed quasi-state. The visit, criticized by...
Creeping border

Creeping border

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 24 July 2017 Creeping border Large military exercises in neighboring “republics”, diplomatic pressure and some border provocations – these are some of the examples of the cruel pressure that Russia exerts on Georgia. Both countries do...
Native Terrorists

Native Terrorists

RUSSIA MONITOR Date: 13 April 2017 Native Terrorists After the attack in St. Petersburg subway, launched by a Kyrgyz-born man, the director of Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov admitted that major terrorist threat in Russia is posed by migrants coming...
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