Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Russia’s readmission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), yesterday, stinks of corruption. I foresee some really exciting investigations and reporting, hopefully followed by arrests and Russia’s expulsion, in the future. </end editorial> NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels starts. NATO and INF updates. More on the… Continue reading Ukraine / Russia Ad Hoc Media Update (212)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> NATO pleads for Russia to comply with INF. More condescending rhetoric from the Vozhd. More posturing by Muscovy, including the deployment of a new Project 22350 frigate to Cuba. More reports on Russia’s descent. Ukrainian media on Mahatir’s MH17 motives. Georgia update – the conflagration persists and… Continue reading Ukraine / Russia Ad Hoc Media Update (211)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia update – sanctions in Congress, RD-180s, Kuriles, PACE, and Russia’s descent. Muscovy is clearly destabilizing. Russia blames Georgia for the mayhem it caused in Tbilisi. Turkey update – S-400s and today’s Istanbul re-vote. MH17 and NATO updates. In Kyiv, Chargé d’Affaires Taylor talks military aid, State… Continue reading Ukraine / Russia Ad Hoc Media Update (209)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Congress on the Arctic. Russia harasses Japan again. DEFMIN Shoigu promising new laser DEWs. More puffery from Erdogan. Russia’s environmental woes get worse. Stepanov in Russia attempts to get Russian legal system to declare the USSR a criminal state, which would have immense impact. The Vozhd conducts… Continue reading Ukraine / Russia Ad Hoc Media Update (208)