Russia Policy Monitor No. 2657
Kremlin worries over domestic unrest
Still more foreign fodder for Russia's war;
A delayed economic reckoning...;
...As Putin doubles down
Kremlin worries over domestic unrest
Still more foreign fodder for Russia's war;
A delayed economic reckoning...;
...As Putin doubles down
Australia faces fresh extremist threats;
Morocco takes a stand on ties with Israel;
A fatwa against Hamas;
Libya tightens social control;
Baghdad aims to lower age of consent
Russian hackers target Europe...;
...And Japan;
Russia returns the favor;
An offensive against Ukrainian energy
What if Russia loses its war on Ukraine? Some consider the question frivolous because, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan has asserted, “Russia cannot be defeated in a military sense.” Such thinking has prompted Tokayev, as well as many in the West, to advocate for a deal with Putin, one that would more than likely result in Kyiv’s loss of land that the United Nations, the United States, and Europe all consider Ukraine’s sovereign territory.
Xi purges two top PLA Navy leaders;
China completes massive "green wall" around Taklamakan desert;
Record $83 billion gold deposit found in Hunan;
China warns New Zealand not to join AUKUSA;
Taiwan's new president transits Hawaii and Guam