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Russian companies uneven on environmental adaptation

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RUSSIA

The global shift towards decarbonisation threatens Russian exports and public revenue, and the more aware mining and other companies are paying greater attention to environmental…

Prospects for Russian politics in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will drive domestic governance while Kremlin 'political managers' direct the election. Abroad, the election of US President-elect Joe Biden…

Sports ban may provoke Russian cyber response

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RUSSIA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) excluded Russia from international sporting events for four years in December on the grounds that officials manipulated anti-doping data before…

Preventing US election interference may be too late

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UNITED STATES

With the 2020 US presidential election looming, there is more attention to the threat of foreign interference. In the 2016 presidential election, Russia carried out a broad…

Isolation from West will bring Russia and Iran closer

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RUSSIA/IRAN

The two countries have turned to each other amid increasing isolation from international banking systems, export markets, and foreign resources and technologies. Deepening their…

Russia will manage terror threat despite vulnerability

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RUSSIA

The apparent suicide attack on an underground train on April 3 killed 14 people and wounded 50, but could have been far worse as a second, larger bomb failed to explode.

Impunity will incentivise cyberattacks globally

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INTERNATIONAL

The hacking of emails of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair has touched off national discussion in the United States on Russia’s…

Technology import substitution fits wider Russian aims

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RUSSIA

Russian import substitution for machinery and equipment.

Russia will increase covert Baltic interference

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RUSSIA/BALTICS

In line with such concerns, Estonia held a large military exercise, Hedgehog, on May 4-15, involving 13,000 troops. On May 6, Lithuania launched Lightning Strike, a military…

Allies will seek reassurance from next US president

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UNITED STATES

Trump's statements on foreign policy have vexed the leaders of countries allied with the United States, particularly NATO members and in East Asia. Both Clinton and Trump have…