Moscow feels it is having to make the best it can of a weak hand in a game not of its choosing, but that it can nonetheless win in the end.
Pragmatism, fear and geopolitics: why Moscow still backs Assad
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Russia, Canada and the ‘Coldest War’
The Arctic powers are increasingly preparing for future operations, whether flying the flag or meaningfully projecting a whole new kind of force: icepower.
Doubtful Jihadist ‘merger’ highlights Syria-Chechnya link
TV footage of graffiti in Syrian towns reveals slogan: ‘We started in Syria, we will finish in Russia’.
Dirty Russian money looks for new laundries after Cyprus
For many of the gangsters and underworld financiers who treated Nicosia as another stop on their laundry routes, new havens are an urgent necessity.
Murder in Moscow raises specter of new mob wars
One bullet can make all the difference.
German spy trial underscores scale of Russian espionage
A frenzy of operational activity on the part of the SVR, GRU and FSB suggests that Russia is now every bit as covertly active as it was at the height of the Cold War.
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