When they captured Crimea, the Russians also captured a lot of oil rigs and gas drilling installations… and they are very aggressively policing them
Gustav Gressel looks at what lies behind recent confrontations between British and Russian warships
Media mentions – Gustav Gressel
The German business paper refers to a tweet by Gustav Gressel about how the EU rejected the Russia-EU Summit proposal by Macron and Merkel
[The Russians] want to bully the West into de facto recognizing Crimea and turning the page
The Russians are enormously sensitive when it comes to Crimea, explains Gustav Gressel
Politically, the Russians are enormously sensitive when it comes to Crimea. They want to bully the West into de facto recognizing Crimea and turning the page
Gustav Gressel assesses Russia’s aims surrounding Crimea
Putin wants to underline Russia’s claim to be a world power. It is also important for him to get a top-level meeting with Biden before Chinese leader Xi Jinping
According to Gustav Gressel, Putin wanted the summit with Biden for the sake of prestige
The Ukrainian newspaper refers to Gustav Gressel’s commentary on why Russia is threatening to escalate the Ukraine conflict
If Europe does not react strongly to such abuses, further incursions and violations of its sovereignty are to be expected
The EU must go further to punish Lukashenko’s brazen act of piracy, argues Gustav Gressel in his op-ed
The EU is divided on whether Belarus and Russia should be treated separately, because if Moscow got rid of Lukashenko, Russia might be part of the solution
Gustav Gressel comments on the sanctions against Belarus
The Russians fear the possibility of a “first strike” from the US that would neutralize their own nuclear strike capacities.
Gustav Gressel is quoted by La Croix on the Russian military presence in Arctic
The dynamics that were set in motion went in the other direction. The USA has doubled its military aid to Ukraine
Gustav Gressel is not very optimistic about the outcome for the Kremlin after the military operation in eastern Ukraine