Russia Policy Monitor

The American Foreign Policy Council's Review of Russian Government Actions and U.S. Policy

Russia Policy Monitor

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2439

January 21, 2021 Matt MaldonadoIlan I. Berman

Seven years on, a step toward Crimean justice;
Sobol's campaign manager under the microscope;
Russia's military instructors in Africa eye the exits;
Russia wants out of the Open Skies Treaty;
Yet another European NGO declared "undesirable";
A bitter welcome for Navalny

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2438

January 15, 2021 Matt MaldonadoIlan I. Berman

Moscow revels in Capitol riot;
FSB casts a shadow over Russian academia;
Putin summons leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia for talks;
A weaker Russian vaccine for international consumption;
North Korean illicit labor picks up anew;
Drugs, treatments in short supply

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2434

December 23, 2020 Matt MaldonadoIlan I. Berman

Space as a theater of U.S.-Russian competition;
Russia sports ban shortened, but upheld;
U.S. to close two consulates in Russia;
Russian National Guard to suppress protests in Belarus;
Bosnians gift Lavrov Ukrainian Orthodox icon;
The truth about Navalny's poisoning comes out

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2433

December 21, 2020

Russian allies vote against UN resolution in Crimea;
AfD visits Lavrov in Moscow;
Denmark moves ahead with trial of accused spy;
Back to military cooperation with the West?;
Nord Stream 2, back on track?;
Federal agencies hacked by Russian cyber actors