The Kremlin loves to play spy games and engage in hybrid aggression. This is exactly how Russia has acted in Ukraine for years – gradually “probing” the defenses, looking for weak spots and testing reactions. And only when Moscow, despite all its efforts, failed to achieve its desired results, particularly in the Donbas, did it…
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In Europe, Russian aluminum earns the Kremlin money for the war in Ukraine
Full version of the article is published on Dagens Nyheter Despite the introduction of 14 packages of sanctions against Russia, the restrictions have not yet affected its aluminum production. As a result, the Russian aluminum giant Rusal not only has not been subject to any sanctions, but also continues to have subsidiaries in the EU….
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Deep strikes into Russia: a partner’s decision for Ukraine’s strategic success
Two years ago, on May 31, 2022, President Joe Biden announced in his New York Times op-ed that the United States would provide Ukraine with high-mobility artillery rocket systems. The op-ed noted that the White House neither encourages nor allows Ukraine to launch strikes outside its borders. “We don’t want to prolong the war just to hurt Russia,”…
The Finnish capital Helsinki hosted the Nordic Ukraine Advocacy Summit, which was attended by Olesia Horiainova, co-founder and deputy head of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation, and Solomiya Khoma, an expert on hybrid warfare and head of the USCC’s International Cooperation. The summit participants, representing civil society organizations from Ukraine, the Nordic countries and the…
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How Russia’s economic lobby in the European Union works
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 27 EU states have imposed 13 rounds of sanctions on Russia. Since then, restrictions have been imposed on trade in oil, coal, timber, and many other resources. However, a serious loophole in the sanctions regime remains: European industry continues to buy raw materials classified as “critical” or “strategic”, such…