Analysis

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  Analysis

  2022-09-23

  Diverging interests scuttle attempts to make SCO an anti-Western bloc

  Russia's failings in Ukraine, the growing independence of Central Asian states, and distrust of China are only a few of the reasons why the much hyped conference floundered.

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  Analysis

  2022-09-19

  Russia's turn to low-quality Iranian, North Korean weapons shows desperation

  Sanctions and increasing international isolation have led Russia to try to buy weapons from rogue countries in an attempt to compensate for huge losses and setbacks in Ukraine.

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  Analysis

  2022-09-07

  Kremlin offers 'aid' to Ukrainians it forcibly displaced

  'In reality, all Moscow delivers is death, loss and destruction,' said one observer.

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  Analysis

  2022-06-02

  Retired colonel's realism suggests Kremlin preparing public for defeat in Ukraine

  Mikhail Khodarenok's stunning and uninterrupted remarks on Russia-1 about the scale of Russia's failures in its 'special operation' in Ukraine likely points to a Kremlin exit strategy.

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  Analysis

  2022-05-20

  Victory Day reveals grip of Kremlin propaganda on Russians in Europe

  Ethnic Russians in Berlin marking the event aggressively parroted the narratives that the Kremlin spreads over all ex-Soviet states, but the mood was noticeably different in Central Asia.

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  Analysis

  2022-05-19

  Russia steps up online propaganda campaign targeting Central Asia

  Moscow is using trolls and bots to wage an information war to brainwash audiences in Central Asia, and attack those who don't tow Kremlin narratives.

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  Analysis

  2022-04-15

  China rallies sympathy for Putin at home, amplifies Kremlin propaganda abroad

  Chinese media have enabled Kremlin propaganda to skirt bans in the West. Meanwhile, Chinese citizens are being indoctrinated with an anti-Western, pro-Soviet ideological campaign.

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  Analysis

  2022-03-31

  Ukraine debacle exposes increasing domestic threats to Putin regime

  Intelligence suggests Putin is being misinformed by his own defense officials while possible power struggles are appearing amid an increasingly hostile domestic environment.

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  Analysis

  2022-03-11

  Questions mount over Putin's mental state amid senseless war in Ukraine

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'angry and frustrated' and riddled with 'phobia and paranoia', analysts say, making it difficult to reason with him over his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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  Analysis

  2021-12-22

  China's pursuit of military toehold at UAE port continues to spark concern

  The Emirati government was unaware that ships disguised as commercial vessels entering the Khalifa port were actually ships the Chinese military uses for signals intelligence collection.