Media mentions – Russia

Russia can now activate a ‘solidarity clause’ with North Korea, which means that Pyongyang could have Russian support in case of rising tensions with South Korea

The fear is that Pyongyang will demand a high price (…) possibly involving a transfer of technology contributing to the development of missile and nuclear weapons programmes in North Korea

The amounts involved in the bypasses do not offset the fall in European flows to Russia

Brics countries’ willingness to establish an alternative payment framework reflects the growing interest in digital currencies as a means of circumventing Western financial sanctions

In Gagauzia, Russia uses the historically Russian culture and identity of the population to persuade them to go along with its own interests

Vladimir Putin’s agenda, which is no longer post-Western but anti-Western, is not necessarily shared by countries such as India or Brazil

While Russia remains a potent player in parts of Africa, recent events in the Sahelian states have shown that Russian forces are deeply overstretched and losing credibility