Russia is a key member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, which serves as Eurasia’s version of NATO. It also provides security and military support to emerging markets, especially in Africa, and has long-standing security relations with countries such as India and, increasingly, North Korea and China. We detail security and military developments as a key part of Russia’s own security as well as being part of its export trade.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held discussions with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in the wake of this weekend’s attacks by Israel on Iran and the subsequent Iranian retaliation. It is believed he is the only world leader still able to discuss – and potentially mediate – between […]
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with Oleg Bartsits, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia, in Moscow to discuss bilateral plans and continued development efforts in the South Caucasus region. The meeting was the first since Bartsits’ appointment in April. He had previously been a trade representative for Abkhazia in Moscow. […]
Russia has proposed that India expand its own domestic involvement in the production and procurement of the Su-57E fighter jet to permit more in-depth technical cooperation within the framework of joint production and purchase of the aircraft. This specifically means the possibility of the Su-57E’s full use of Indian weapons systems. That is not implemented […]
Russia’s oceanographic research vessel, the Admiral Vladimirsky, is currently making a scheduled visit to Cuba, its fourth long-distance voyage in the post-Soviet period. The ship left Kronstadt (near St.Petersburg) on March 13 and has already visited ports in Venezuela and Nicaragua. The ship is conducting research in the Caribbean Sea, based upon requests from the […]
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said that building up Russia’s national satellite constellation will make it possible to cover the whole of the country’s territory, including the Arctic, with stable communication channels by 2030. Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Strategic Development and National Projects on Friday (June 6) he […]
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Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, and Russia’s Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov discussed the joint production of satellites at a meeting on Friday (June 6) Iran’s embassy has stated. The embassy said “The two sides exchanged views and discussed the several aspects of space cooperation between Russia and Iran: development of advanced technologies, joint design […]
Russia has been elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), following a vote by the United Nations General Assembly. The move can be expected to alarm the collective West; however, the move makes strategic sense as ECOSOC coordinates the organization’s economic, social, and humanitarian activities. It is one of the UN’s six main […]
The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, has met with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, with the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) stating that the North Korean government will continue to “unconditionally support Moscow” in the conflict in Ukraine. Their statement read, “Comrade Kim Jong-un assured that the government of […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has spoken with Pope Leo XIV, in what was described as “a constructive” phone conversation on Wednesday (June 4) during which they discussed a number of topics, including the Ukraine conflict. One of the issues was humanitarian: Ukraine has apparently refused to receive the bodies of 6,000 dead Ukrainian and […]
Moscow is interested in resuming dialogue on security issues within the framework of the RIC (Russia-India-China), format, said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the ‘Eurasian International Public and Political Hearings on the Formation of an Equal and Indivisible Security and Cooperation Architecture in Eurasia’ conference in Perm on Thursday. (May 29). Lavrov emphasized Russia’s “sincere […]
Russia has been holding security discussions in Moscow with multiple countries and has proposed that as Russia is now actively involved in the process of forming a new Eurasian security structure, several European countries should become part of any new Eurasian security system, according to Alexander Grushko, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister. Russia believes that […]
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