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Putin addresses ''Everything for Victory'' conference as ware causes labor shortages
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 04 Feb 2024

On February 3 Putin spoke at the conference, which revived a World War II slogan as its title. The Russian president said that Russia must produce everything it needs or national sovereignty will be jeopardized. He returned to his favorite themes of national defense. He warned that if Russia is n...

Turkey's banks shutter accounts of Russian corporations
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 02 Feb 2024

On February 1 the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti reported the news and cited sources such as business owners. Ankara has caved in to pressure from the US. Affluent Russians often have citizenship of other countries such as Israel or Cyprus, which makes it easy to get around sanctions. Middl...

Essential CIS Politics: February 2024
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 02 Feb 2024

* Russia and Ukraine are bombarding cities with increasing ferocity. * Russia's presidential election looms in March, but no change is expected. * Ukraine’s ammunition and recruitment situations are becoming critical. * The Kazakh oil workers’ strike continued for a month but is still sma...

EU passes EUR 50 billion aid package for Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 01 Feb 2024

On February 1 all 27 EU member states agreed to the package. The row over this has lasted for 6 weeks. Hungary had vetoed the package until now. The President of the European Council hailed the news. There had been talk of stripping Hungary of its voting rights if Hungary did not agree. Hungary h...

Georgian PM resigns
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 30 Jan 2024

On January 19 Irakli Garibashvili made his announcement. This was his second term as PM. It is thought that Irakli Kobakhidze will become prime minister. He is chairman of the Georgian Dream Party, to which Garibashvili also belongs. The constitution requires that the new prime minister must subm...

Putin registered as an election candidate
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 29 Jan 2024

On January 29 the announcement was made by the Central Election Commission (CEC). The Putin campaign successfully submitted the requisite number of signatures for his registration, which is 315,000. A small number were invalidated because of mistakes. The signatures had to come from at least 40 o...

Special report—Russia increases arms trade with Iran over India
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 29 Jan 2024

Russia and Iran are closing in on a major deal that will see two-way arms trade between them increase significantly over coming months and years. This is important for the conflict in Ukraine, where Russian inferiority in drones and unmanned craft was initially telling, but also across other area...

Ukraine has lost 100,000 mortar shells to fraud
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 28 Jan 2024

On January 27 the SBU (Ukrainian intelligence) said the scheme uncovered was worth USD 40 million. Ministry Defense civil servants and managers of Lviv Arsenal stole the money. Six people have been given notices of suspicion and another suspect was arrested trying to leave the country. The contra...

Belarus arrests 159 dissidents
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 27 Jan 2024

On January 15 the US and the European Union denounced the arrest of the oppositionists and said those taken into custody are human rights activists. Those arrested are often relatives of political prisoners and prisoners who were freed in 2023. They were arrested by the KGB on suspicion of extrem...

Armenia and Georgia sign deal
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 26 Jan 2024

On January 26 the two prime ministers signed an agreement in Tbilisi. The strategic partnership is about economic, transport and cultural ties. However, few specifics have been disclosed. Trade between the two was worth USD 1 billion in 2023. That seems like a small amount but Armenia has only 3 ...

Russian military plane shot down by Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 25 Jan 2024

On January 24 the plane was destroyed in Russian airspace. Surprisingly, Russia acknowledged the loss and attributed it to Ukrainian action. The Ilyushin 76 crashed near Belgorod. Moscow says all on board were killed and claims that 65 were Ukrainian Prisoners of War (POWs) and 9 Russian personne...

Uzbek President in Beijing
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 24 Jan 2024

On January 23 President Mirziyoyev began a 3-day state visit to China. He seems to be mostly touting for investment. He is due to meet President Xi. China has been the single biggest trade partner for Uzbekistan since 2023. Trade between the two countries reached USD 14 billion. That is a stunnin...

UK accuses Russia of buying munitions from North Korea
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 23 Jan 2024

On January 23 the United Kingdom showed the UN satellite images of 3 Russian ships in North Korea that were allegedly loading munitions to be used in the Ukraine War. However, the containers loaded cannot be proven to be filled with munitions. The ships were photographed in late 2023. The US has ...

Growing protests in Russian ethnic minority region
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 21 Jan 2024

Protests in Bashkortostan started on January 17 when a peace and environmental activist was sentenced to 4 years in jail for extremism. Hundreds of young men pelted the police with snowballs.  Protests started in a small city but on January 19 spread to the regional capital, Ufa. 1,500 people dem...

Protestors block Ukrainian trucks from entering Romania
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 20 Jan 2024

On January 18 2024 the truckers and farmers stopped Ukrainian trucks entering the country. They did this at all three crossings between Romania and Ukraine. The protests are about subsidies paid to farmers, forgiving loans and the fact that so many Ukrainian trucks are coming that it slows down R...

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