Russkiy Mir Expanding its Activities into Asia and Africa
Authors: Elena Khmilevskaya and Kester Kenn Klomegah
As popularly known Russian NGO, Russkiy Mir has been operating abroad. Its primary function is to strengthen Russian...
How The West Is Losing Russia – Again
Russia, again, is back in the news in recent months. This time, speculations and fears are rife concerning its treatment of its imprisoned dissident...
Time for Diplomacy
When I was hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union as an interpreter in the mid-1970s, the hardest thing about...
Russia becomes member of International Organization for Migration
After several negotiations, Russia finally becomes as a full-fledged member of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It means that Russia has adopted, as...
Relegating the “Russia Problem” to Turkey
Turkey’s foreign policy is at a crossroads. Its Eurasianist twist is gaining momentum and looking east is becoming a new norm. Expanding its reach...
Paths to Regionalism in Central Asia: Internal Struggles Preclude External Change
At the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly formed Central Asian republics were quickly thrust into a world of uncertainty, security...
Putin’s countermeasures to “unfriendly actions”
President Vladimir Putin has signed decrees tasking the government define and compile foreign countries, their institutions and offices that will face restrictions and possibly...
Goodbye, the ISS: Russia plans to withdraw from the International Space Station
On April, 18, 2021, Russia announced its plans on withdrawing from the International Space Station in 2025. According to Rossiya 1 TV channel, Russian...
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine, the EU and the United States have often interacted with one another and the crisis in Donbass is difficult to stop as the...
Beijing and Kremlin unite to tempt fate and agitate US
For several weeks now, one of the most discussed international events in Latvia has been Russia’s amassing of troops near the borders of Ukraine....