Section: Georgia Caucasus Strategic Studies Institute (Georgia)
Russia uses a fictitious crime to incite hatred.
/Moscow is looking for new enemies and new problems?/- GCSSI. ANALYSIS OF GERMAN / WESTERN PRESS ___________________________________Berlin annoyed and worried. … This time Moscow did so with regard to Germany – a large country, which plays a role of a bridge between Russia and the West. This reflected the complex relationship Merkel and Putin,...
Putin may be preparing a bombing in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
FROM THE ARCHIVE _______________________ Illarionov: Putin may be preparing a bombing in Saudi Arabia and Qatar A blow to the military, infrastructural and energy facilities Saudi Arabia and Qatar is coveted for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic operation, ex-presidential adviser Andrei Illarionov, Russia. November 18, 2015...
THE TIDE IS GOING OUT ON PUTIN.
BY WILLIAM COURTNEY , DONALD JENSEN ON 1/24/16 …Russia’s current policies put at risk three key ambitions—material well-being, political stability and the ability to exercise power and influence abroad. “In all three contexts, Russia is losing ground …” Russia is a great power whose reach now exceeds its grasp. Although capable of bold...
Putin has two years left on standby?
VIEW FROM RUSSIA RUSSIAN OF ANALYSIS WESTERN PRESS ____________________________________ In interview with Mauldin Economics Friedman said that the collapse of oil prices “empties” the Russian budget. He estimates that in two years the economic forces will tear Russia apart, just like the Soviet Union in 1991. January 25, 2016 The English-language...
Putin and Assad support “Hezbollah” terrorism.
Russian aviation coordinate their flights directly with the militants of “Hezbollah”. You have to understand that Russia – the country is quite irrational. I do not believe that Iran’s nuclear program will be phased out. Ksenia Kirillova 01/21/2016 A few days ago in Israel there was a conference organized by the Research Institute of...
Iranian oil threatens to sink the Russian economy.
VIEW FROM RUSSIA RUSSIAN ANALYSIS OF WESTERN PRESS __________________________________“President Putin was in economic terms with nothing” …it would be the beginning of the end of the social contract between the “king” and the people? January 19, 2016 After the removal of international sanctions, Iran is going to pump more oil in an oversaturated...
Putin possible depose the palace coup.
Avraham Shmulevich: Putin possible depose the palace coup. January 18, 2016 Israeli political scientist and Rabbi Avraham Shmulevich told the “Observer”, which may be the fate of Ukraine in the near future. – Which countries can be called natural partners of Ukraine against Russia in the long term of 3-4 years? – Strictly speaking, formal war...
INTERESTING TIMES – Lecture by General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the Defence Staff.
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture 2015 16 December 2015 RUSI Whitehall …We must better recognise the power of a potent narrative. In the information age almost all acts of physical violence come with an on-line component, exploiting social networks to manipulate opinion and perception. The tactics employed by Russia in Ukraine, Estonia...
A Mysterious Death Raises Questions in Russia.
STRATFOR: A Mysterious Death Raises Questions in Russia Geopolitical Diary JANUARY 6, 2016 Intrigues within the Kremlin reignited Monday after the chief of Russia’s military intelligence service, Igor Sergun, died unexpectedly. Sergun was a relatively unknown figure who kept a very low profile over his 30-year career, despite the fact that...
Russia’s military: Don’t believe the hype.
/ On the photo: The inscription on the stone before the Russian knight, “How to go straight – do not be alive – there is no way any passer or roadway, or flies.” (“Knight at the Crossroads” – a picture of Viktor Vasnetsov, 1882)./ Kyle Mizokami January 4, 2016The Bear is back. Or so the headlines would have you believe. The Russian military, led...
