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As Russia expands military operations in Syria and escalates the crisis with Turkey, it has also bolstered its forces at its base in Armenia, the sole Russian military facility in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207286
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Zapad-2017 has attracted unprecedented attention in the West, as media reports claim it will be the largest-ever Russian exercise and may be a precursor to stationing troops…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224408
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Russia sent 300 instructors to CAR ahead of the December 27 presidential election to help maintain security and fend off a new rebellion. Paramilitary forces acting as mercenary…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260213
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The two countries have turned to each other amid increasing isolation from international banking systems, export markets, and foreign resources and technologies. Deepening their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278339
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Implications of a serious bout of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210494
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Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285059
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Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin sought the ouster of the defence minister and army chief; there was a threat of fighting in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin initially threatened…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201368
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Russia previously focused on maintaining the status quo in the Armenian-Azerbaijani stand-off for want of better options, but changes in military control on the ground and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257116
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Washington announced it was leaving the treaty on May 21, though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated that this might be reviewed if Russia stopped violating the agreement…