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Chechen Rosgvardia Troops Head for Ukraine
In a further indication that Russia continues to build up its forces on the border with Ukraine, a convoy with Chechen internal troops has recently... MORE
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Final Pieces Falling Into Place to Enable Russian Amphibious Invasion of Ukraine in Black Sea Basin
The security situation in the wider Black Sea region is quickly deteriorating and growing more dangerous. Six large, fully loaded amphibious assault ships (three from... MORE
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Putin’s Journey From the Munich Speech to the Brink of War With Ukraine
Fifteen years ago, at the 2007 Munich Security Conference, President Vladimir Putin surprised the high-level audience with a speech that explicitly juxtaposed Russian and Western... MORE
Jamestown Board Member Gen. (ret.) Philip M. Breedlove Discusses the Ukraine-Russia Crisis on Fox News
On February 12, Board Member and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General (ret.) Philip M. Breedlove, appeared on Fox News to discuss the rising... MORE
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Press Release—Jamestown Raises Alarm About Lack of US Naval Presence in Black Sea Despite Growing Russian Threats to Ukraine
Washington, DC—With the recent addition of six landing ships to the Russian Black Sea fleet and intensive troop movements by Russian forces in northern Crimea,... MORE
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Macron’s Ukraine Diplomacy Runs Into a Kremlin Wall
French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on February 7 and 8,... MORE
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As Ukraine Crisis Simmers, Russian Cossack Movement Tightens Integration With Military Reserves
The ataman (head) of the “All-Russian Cossack Society,” Nikolai Doluda, addressed a meeting of the Atamans’ Council, in Krasnodar Krai, on February 4, and instructed... MORE
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Georgian Parliament Supports Ukraine, but Fears Mentioning Russia
On February 1, the first day of the legislative spring session, the Georgian parliament adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine that fell short of... MORE
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Azerbaijani President’s Visit to Kyiv During Ukraine Crisis: Motivations and Outcomes
In mid-December 2021, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received an invitation from his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Trend.az, December 15, 2021), and within a month, he... MORE
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Belarus and the Showdown Over Ukraine
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka annually convenes a meeting devoted to the major tasks of the state border service. During the latest such meeting, on January... MORE