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Month: December 2020

Russia Blames Turkey for Increased Terrorism in Syria

December 31, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

That delicate relationship between Moscow and Ankara now tested by events in Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya is once again coming under strain in Syria. This civil war is long lasting and not something the Russians have been able to sweep under the carpet. In the north-east of the country, where Assad is once again in danger … Continue reading Russia Blames Turkey for Increased Terrorism in Syria

Russia’s Crisis in Naval Construction

December 30, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

When the United States is putting together its strategic threat assessment, what counts is not just what makes up the enemy's order of battle but also what is onstream from the military defence sector of the economy; how efficiently and how rapidly armaments can be produced. Within Russia power is held together by the siloviki, … Continue reading Russia’s Crisis in Naval Construction

North Korea Reforms?

December 30, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

Russian experts believe that because of the catastrophic crisis created in North Korea as a result of US economic sanctions and the impact of the Wuhan virus, Kim Jong Un is about to initiate a program of massive reform as was done in the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin (1953-1955). Nezavisimaya gazeta reports: … Continue reading North Korea Reforms?

Russian Mistrust of Turkey Grows

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

There is to be a summit between the presidents of Russia and Turkey. The foreign ministers of the two sides have been trying to lay the groundwork. But the negotiations between Ankara and Moscow to resolve the recent conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh have reached an unpleasant sticking point. When basic relations between states … Continue reading Russian Mistrust of Turkey Grows

Germany and Russia: The Ties that Bind

December 28, 2020February 27, 2021 / Jonathan Haslam

Nothing seems to move the German Government from its sustained commitment to the Northstream II project, supplying Russian natural gas to Western Europe. Ever since the early eighties and with East-West tension at the highest point in over a decade over the Soviet deployment of the counterforce SS-20 missile system and NATO retaliation in the … Continue reading Germany and Russia: The Ties that Bind

MI6, Turkey and Russian Fears

December 27, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

A certain degree of nervousness has for a while been apparent in Moscow concerning the activities of British Intelligence in the Near East and South Caucasus. It is fashionable to write about these activities as a direct extension of the so-called "Great Game" of Anglo-Russian rivalry for dominance in South Asia and Asia Minor in … Continue reading MI6, Turkey and Russian Fears

Traitor George Blake Dies at 98

December 26, 2020December 28, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

No doubt many of those related to MI6 agents in the German theatre who died because MI6 officer George Blake betrayed them will have cause for jubilation, though, as the Russians say, "the years took him" rather than a bullet or the gallows. When the British decided to burrow under East Berlin to cut into … Continue reading Traitor George Blake Dies at 98

Poisoning of EU-Russian Relations

December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

When the Russian authorities pursued the goal of assassinating the leader of the political opposition, the method they used assumed that the poison would be untraceable as they had already tried it out twice at lower doses and neither Naval'ny nor his wife who received them had any idea what had occurred. They must have … Continue reading Poisoning of EU-Russian Relations

Plot to Kill Naval’ny Exposed on Youtube

December 22, 2020December 29, 2020 / Jonathan Haslam

It would have been hard for the late John Le CarrĂ© or Conan Doyle to design a plot such as this for a thriller. Leader of the unofficial opposition to Vladimir Putin, Aleksi Naval'ny, was late last summer the victim of an attempt to poison him (see previous posts, 20 August and 2 September). No … Continue reading Plot to Kill Naval’ny Exposed on Youtube

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