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Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Filip Rudnik
The Russian government has responded with significant delay to the worst environmental disaster in the Black Sea in years. The incident, which occurred in mid-December, was caused by a collision involving two tankers transporting heavy…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Wojciech Górecki
On 25 December, an Embraer E190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) flying from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, where it had been redirected by Russian airspace. The accident claimed the lives of 38…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Katarzyna Chawryło
Kazan hosted the 16th BRICS summit from 22 to 24 October.
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota, Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 18–19 August, Vladimir Putin paid his first state visit to Baku. Official statements published by Russia and Azerbaijan emphasised the “friendly and allied” nature of their relationship, mutual respect for their territorial integrity,…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 8–9 July, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Russia. During the 22nd Russian-Indian summit, the two states signed a declaration on the strategic directions of economic cooperation, which included a plan to…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 23 June, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place in Dagestan, a republic in Russia’s North Caucasus region. The terrorists set fire to a church and a synagogue in Derbent, targeted a church and a traffic police post in the…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 10 April, an around 100-strong contingent of the Africa Corps arrived in Niger. This para-military formation is supervised by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, and it has replaced the so-called Wagner Group, (see ‘The…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 29 February Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address to the Federal Assembly, which lasted over two hours. The leitmotiv of his speech was the consolidation of Russian society. He claimed that the invasion of…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Piotr Żochowski
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities have faced the growing problem of replenishing the human losses on the front which have been suffered by both the regular armed forces and the ‘volunteer’ units. In an…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Piotr Żochowski
A 100-strong Russian contingent landed in Burkina Faso in late January, and another 200 men are expected to join it in the future. The arrivals are part of the Africa Corps, a force that was recently formed by the Russian defence ministry…