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«Verstka»: Russia can import anything from anywhere

Russia easily bypasses Western sanctions by importing large volumes of banned products, according to a recent investigation by the Russian media outlet «Verstka». Over the past six months, Russia has imported chips from Western companies, spare parts, and machine tools for the defence industry worth millions of dollars.   The investigation is based on the…
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Shadow on the Water

Due to the Western sanctions imposed on Russian oil exports, Russia resorted to various schemes in order to bypass the restrictions. One such scheme involved the establishment of a so-called shadow fleet, which involved tankers delivering Russian oil in defiance of the sanctions. The ports of numerous European countries serve as destinations for these vessels,…
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The EU updates its PESCO security programs

The Council of the EU has adopted the fifth wave of collaborative projects within the framework of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). In total there are 11 new projects with 15 Member states participating. The projects cover six military domains and include critical capabilities. The updated list of projects under PESCO now stands at 68.…
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Russian Goods Keep Flowing to the West

  Despite unprecedented sanctions and reduced trade relations between Russia and the West, the latter continues to import a wide range of Russian goods.   The Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS) reports that in 2022, Russian companies increased their supply of goods and services abroad by almost 20%. Although trade geography has shifted towards "friendly"…
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SIPRI Released its Trends in International Arms Transfer Report

SIPRI experts prepared a report about trends in international arms report. For a five-year period between 2018-2022 imports of major arms increased by 47% in Europe. At the same time global arms transfers reduced by 5.1%. The decreases in arms transfers occurred in Africa (-40%), in America (-21%), in Asia and Oceania (-7.5%) and in…
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Russia’s Suspension of Participation in START: The World Reacts

The announcement of New START treaty suspension by the Russian President was vividly discussed. This political decision combined with Vladimir Putin’s order to ensure preparedness of the state for nuclear testing raised some fears of the end of nuclear arms control and of the destruction of an already faltering global security architecture. Vladimir Putin announced…
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Military Lessons From a Year of the Conflict

It has been a year of an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has affected a plenty of countries all across the world, making them revise their military doctrines and provoking military buildups. Bloomberg has published an article on the military lessons, learnt from a year of the conflict.   According to Bloomberg, for…
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Russia’s biggest trading partners in 2022

China, Turkey and the Netherlands became Russia's main trading partners in 2022, according to the Federal Customs Service (FCS) records. Germany and Belarus were also among the five main trading partners. Experts predict further shift in the foreign trade of Russia toward the so-called «friendly» countries. The trade turnover with Turkey has grown most impressively…
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2% and Beyond: NATO Defence Spending will Grow

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO stated that 2022 will be the eighth consecutive year of increased defence spending among the alliance members. Since 2014 member states of NATO have spent over $350 billion on military purposes. The spending is going to rise and probably even more intensively.  In accordance with the current agreements, NATO…
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East Reorientation is a Matter of Long Time

Russia will be able to increase gas supplies to Asian markets to a level close to last year's export volumes to the EU, no earlier than in 10 years. This forecast was given by analysts from the International Energy Agency (IEA). They also expect a decline in gas production in Russia in 2022-2025 by 480…
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