Author: Andrew KORYBKO

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Russia & China’s US-Provoked Payment Problems Caught Most BRICS Enthusiasts By Surprise

China’s complex economic-financial interdependence with the West places certain restraints on its sovereignty. RT published a feature analysis on Friday asking, “Has the US finally succeeded in choking off Russia’s biggest trade lifeline?”, which readers are encouraged to read in full to learn more Russia and China’s US-provoked payment problems. […]

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Analyzing Putin’s Assessment Of Ukraine’s Incursion Into Kursk

By officially regarding the latest cross-border incursion as an act of terrorism instead of a military invasion, Putin signaled that he’s holding off on diverting forces from the Donbass front, which thus prevents Kiev from achieving its “primary military objective”. Ukraine’s sneak attack against Russia’s Kursk Region was the subject of Putin’s meeting with leading […]

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Five Lessons For Russia To Learn From Ukraine’s Sneak Attack Against Kursk Region

These lessons could reshape how policymakers perceive the special operation and therefore improve the way in which it’s being waged. Ukraine’s sneak attack against Russia’s Kursk Region appears to have successfully penetrated the border according to RT’s update on Wednesday, which followed the Defense Ministry’s claim that the fighting was only taking place on the Ukrainian […]

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Five Takeaways From The Historic Prisoner Swap

This swap represents a rare example of successful New Cold War diplomacy. Russia and the West exchanged 24 prisoners on Thursday in the largest such swap since the Old Cold War. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and CNN published detailed reports about the diplomacy that led up to this deal, which included the WSJ’s […]