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As Wagner troops marched on Moscow, Ukraine made further gains

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position weakened by the Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny amid Ukraine war, analysts say. Seventy weeks since he ordered his troops into neighbouring Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a major mutiny back home. On June 23, Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin circulated a video purportedly showing a …

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Is Russia Really Becoming China’s Vassal?

China may have the opportunity to turn Russia into its vassal, but it has no compelling reason to do so. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia-China cooperation has grown in all directions. Moscow makes no bones about the fact that it is betting on China in …

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Moscow Announces End-Run Around Increasingly Hostile Kazakhstan – Analysis

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, Moscow has routinely sought to redirect trade through countries in the post-Soviet space to help its allies and weaken its opponents with the goal of preventing any of the former union republics from becoming regional competitors to Russia. Now, the Kremlin has …

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