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Azerbaijan starts LNG supplies to EU
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 01 Jan 2021

On December 31 Azeri gas was sent via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) for the first time. The EU is keen to reduce energy dependence on Russia. TAP is 878 km long and is part of the Southern Gas Corridor.Shah Deniz 2 field in the Caspian is the main source of the gas. Italy, Greece and Bulgaria...

Russia bans many German officials
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 30 Dec 2020

On December 29 Moscow added more names to the list of German officeholders who are forbidden to enter Russian territory. Russia has not announced the identities of those banned but said they are intelligence officers and defense ministry staff. The EU forbade certain Russian officials from enteri...

Vaccination begins in Belarus as Russia mulls using Western vaccines
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 29 Dec 2020

On December 29 Belarus commenced providing V to the population. It is the first non-Russian country to do so. There have been 190 000 cases of coronavirus and 1 400 deaths. The low death toll has met with much scepticism. Minsk will vaccinate doctors, nurses and teachers before others. Belarus ne...

Hungary using Russian coronavirus vaccine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 29 Dec 2020

On December 28 Hungary took delivery of 6 000 doses of Sputnik V. Budapest is more pro-Moscow than any other EU state. Hungary is the first EU country to receive Sputnik V. The EU has not yet approved it. Hungary also has the EU's vaccine and is using it. Hungary might even start producing Sputni...

Russia has 3 million COVID cases
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 27 Dec 2020

On December 26 it was announced that a new milestone has been passed in the pandemic. Russia has the 4th highest number of cases on Earth. The government is still determined not to reintroduce nationwide lockdown. There are some regional lockdowns. 54,000 Russians have died of the virus. This is ...

Argentina licenses Sputnik V
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 24 Dec 2020

On December 23 Buenos Aires approved the Russian coronavirus vaccine. No other country in Latin America has done so. The first batch of 25 million doses of the vaccine are arriving in Argentina on December 24. The Argentina authorization is an ''emergency'' one as in they have not subjected Sputn...

Essential CIS Politics: December 2020
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 24 Dec 2020

• Russia has begun to vaccine the vulnerable against coronavirus despite doubts about Sputnik V. • E-commerce is surging in Russia. Ozon’s IPO is an example of this. • Peace is insecure between Armenia and Azerbaijan despite the presence of Russian peacekeepers. • Kazakhstan has begun a parli...

Russia launches new Arctic ship
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 22 Dec 2020

On December 18 a ship named North Pole made its maiden voyage from St Petersburg. The 83 meter ship is to explore the Arctic. The North Pole is to be a permanent research ship.The ship will study the geology and oceanography of the North Pole. The ship is run by the state meteorology service. The...

US sanctions 45 Russian entities
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 22 Dec 2020

On December 21 the Department of Commerce imposed sanctions on Russian and Chinese entities. Most of these are companies. The Russian companies are not allowed access to particular kinds of technology. The list of companies that manufacture aircraft, rocketry and nuclear energy is much longer tha...

Chinese lawsuit against Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 22 Dec 2020

On December 17 investors from China launched a legal action against the Ukrainian Government. They brought a USD 3.5 billion arbitration case. Kyiv refused to allow the aviation engine manufacturer Motor Sich to be sold to the Chinese. The US lobbied hard for Kyiv to do this.Skyrizon is the organ...

Russia bans flights from UK for a week
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 21 Dec 2020

On December 21 Russia took a snap decision to ban all flights to and from the United Kingdom. The ban takes effect at midnight on December 22 and will last until December 29.Many countries have prohibited flights from the United Kingdom owing to the new and more virulent strain of coronavirus tha...

Russia send soldiers to Central African Republic
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 21 Dec 2020

On December 21 Russia dispatched troops to the Central African Republic (CAR). The reason is ostensibly to forestall a putsch planned for the upcoming weekend. Rwandan troops joined the Russian mission.The CAR accused the erstwhile president Francois Bozize of planning a forcible seizure of power...

US closing last consulates in Russia
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 20 Dec 2020

On November 19 the US announced that it will close its consulates in Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg. The only US diplomatic mission left in Russia shall be the embassy. The US said the decision was taken for the sake of security.The decision emphasizes how Russo-US relations are at their lowest eb...

US accuses Russia of gigantic cyberattack
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 19 Dec 2020

On December 19 the United States said that Russia had carried out a cyberattack on several government agencies.On December 17 Microsoft said 40 major customers were attacked with malware. This enabled the attackers to gain access to systems. Electric power grids were among the systems exposed. 80...

Russian National Guard to assist Belarus
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 18 Dec 2020

On December 19 an agreement was signed empowering the Russian National Guard to operate in Belarus. The stated objective is to combat ''terrorism''.In August the two governments contemplated the deployment of the Russian Police to Belarus. Since then the situation seemed to become more placid. Ho...

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