Close Ties With Kazakhstan Are Indispensable For The Future Of Russia’s Sovereignty By Andrew Korybko If the NATO-OTS duo divides-and-rules them, then another special operation and possible NATO-Russian proxy war might be inevitable, which would be to their detriment while that… Read More ›
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Russia’s FSB Chief Warns That The West’s “Holy Grail Of Hybrid War” Is Being Deployed To The CIS
Russia’s FSB Chief Warns That The West’s “Holy Grail Of Hybrid War” Is Being Deployed To The CIS By Andrew Korybko AI-assisted infowars could psychologically sever the former USSR’s Turkic populations from Russia. FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov warned during a recent… Read More ›
Five Ways Pashinyan Undermined Russia’s Position In The South Caucasus
Five Ways Pashinyan Undermined Russia’s Position In The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko Pashinyan is by far the most anti-Russian leader to emerge from the former Soviet Union behind Zelensky and Saakashvili. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu recently confirmed that… Read More ›
Why Is The Russian Foreign Ministry Downplaying The Likelihood Of TRIPP’s Implementation?
Why Is The Russian Foreign Ministry Downplaying The Likelihood Of TRIPP’s Implementation? By Andrew Korybko With all respect to Kalugin and the institution that he represents, nobody is perfect and expectations can sometimes be mistaken, such as was recently the case… Read More ›
The Russian Triad Is Now On The Same Page Regarding Southern-Emanating Threats From NATO
The Russian Triad Is Now On The Same Page Regarding Southern-Emanating Threats From NATO By Andrew Korybko Representatives from the Presidential Administration, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have recently addressed these threats, which risk spiralling into a three-front… Read More ›
Armenia’s Ultimatum Over Russian Gas Prices Amounts To A National Suicide Threat
Armenia’s Ultimatum Over Russian Gas Prices Amounts To A National Suicide Threat By Andrew Korybko Leaving the CSTO and the EAEU before membership in NATO and the EU is assured would amount to national suicide since it could embolden Azerbaijan and/or… Read More ›
The Moment Of Truth Is Arriving In Russian-Armenian Relations
The Moment Of Truth Is Arriving In Russian-Armenian Relations By Andrew Korybko Russia tacitly acknowledges that June’s parliamentary elections represent a “Battle for Armenia” just like Hungary’s own later this month represent a “Battle for Hungary”. Putin recently hosted Armenian Prime… Read More ›
How Might Russia Respond If Its ‘Technical Ally’ North Korea Came Under Attack?
How Might Russia Respond If Its ‘Technical Ally’ North Korea Came Under Attack? By Andrew Korybko Each is the other’s ally, but within lesser practical limits than Russia is to its CSTO allies or the US to its NATO ones, which… Read More ›
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia
Vance’s South Caucasus Trip Tightens The West’s Strategic Encirclement Of Russia By Andrew Korybko The timing amidst continued US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine suggests that the US expects this ramped-up pressure to raise the chances of coercing concessions from Russia…. Read More ›
Belarus’ Dramatic Pivot On Poland Points To A Deepening Rift With Russia
Belarus’ Dramatic Pivot On Poland Points To A Deepening Rift With Russia By Andrew Korybko This is arguably the result of growing US influence over Belarus throughout the course of their talks. Russia and Belarus coordinate military policy through the CSTO,… Read More ›