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Kremlin Continues to Eliminate PMCs and Semi-Autonomous Volunteer Units

01.29.2026 Alex Horobets

Executive Summary: The October 2025 disbandment of Española—the Russian private military company (PMC)—and the killing of Stanislav Orlov, its leader, by Russian security forces during...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor

Giving North Caucasus Veterans Land in Homelands Could Trigger Conflict

01.29.2026 Paul Goble

Executive Summary: Programs giving land to North Caucasian veterans of Russia’s war against Ukraine in the North Caucasus are exacerbating ethnic tensions in those land-short...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor

Russia’s FSB Exploits ISKP Threats to Pressure Central Asia

01.29.2026 Uran Botobekov

Executive Summary: On October 13, 2025, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it foiled an assassination plot targeting a senior military officer, alleging that the...

Publication Terrorism Monitor

C5+1 Reframing Russia’s Position in Central Asia

01.28.2026 Yunis Gurbanov

Executive Summary: C5+1, the U.S. government’s platform to jointly engage all five Central Asian governments, has transformed from a consultative-level forum to a more operationally...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor