Questions tagged [russian-federation]
For questions about or involving the Russian Federation, successor of the Soviet Union. Located in Eurasia, Russia is the largest country by land mass, and it operates as a semi-presidential republic. For questions about the Soviet Union (USSR), use tag: [soviet-union].
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Is there any African country that actively express disagreement or resistance against Wagner?
Besides, Wagner’s principal sell in Africa has become its praetorian
guard service for authoritarian regimes as well as elected governments
— like in the Central African Republic (CAR). There, Wagner ...
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Is there still more room for more sanctions from the West against Russia?
Is there still more room for more sanctions from the West against Russia? The United States and the European Union, has already imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Russia in response to various ...
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What was this crackdown about in Moscow, Russia?
You Won't Believe Who's Funding Quran Burning Stunts
In the above YouTube video at 03:49, some Russian heavily armed Russian policemen are seen raiding a mosque in Moscow. They are rounding up the ...
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Which countries has the RF designated as maritime warring parties in its war against Ukraine? [closed]
In a verbal exchange conveyed in this tweet (the original is in Russian, but it has English subtitles, which seem accurate), the Russian warship announces to a passing civilian ship
the country under ...
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Do the trains of the silk road freight line fall into the scope of the Russian sanctions?
The Silk Road train line is a freight line connecting China and Europe. The service is still operational. But online information does not tell whether the trains still go via the Russian Federation. ...
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What changes in the formal status of Russia's Baltic Fleet once Sweden joins NATO?
Now that Sweden has been accepted into NATO, the Baltic Sea is internal to NATO because its entire coast consists of NATO countries.
Kremlin spokesman has been reported to say that the RF would "...
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What happens under NATO Article 5 if a state involved in a war (like Ukraine) joins NATO?
Why would Ukraine joining NATO at the present time not result in an immediate state of war between NATO members and Russia because of Article 5 obligations to defend a member state under attack? I ...
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Why does Russia specifically fund far-rights in Europe?
Far-right and left most pro-Kremlin in EU Parliament, data finds
Putin’s friends in Europe
Examining the Kremlin’s and Far-Right Parties Cooperation
Russian funding is a reward for ideological ...
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What demonstrates that "Russia has actually been quite wary of letting China take advantage of melting sea ice..."?
In the June 30, 2023 Economist video Ukraine war: will China be the real winner? The Economist's Beijing bureau chief David Rennie begins:
China's leader Xi Jinping when this war ends China will be ...
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Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas?
Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas and continued importing them till today?
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Does Vladimir Putin need the consent of his prime minister in order to appoint or remove a member of the Russian government?
The president is empowered to appoint the prime minister to chair the
Government (called the cabinet or the council of ministers in other
countries), with the consent of the State Duma. The President ...
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Why do Poland and Lithuania push for NATO membership for Ukraine instead of sending troops to Ukraine directly?
Lithuanian and Polish presidents visit Kyiv, back Ukraine's path to NATO
Lithuania and Poland are in favor of Ukraine joining NATO. Presumably, this is because they view it as NATO's duty to protect ...
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How does Putin control the opposition parties in Russia?
The "systemic opposition" is mainly composed by the Communist Party of
the Russian Federation (KPRF), the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
(LDPR), A Just Russia — For Truth (SRZP), New ...
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Why does the Latin letter Z represent the Russian military in the current conflict in Ukraine? [duplicate]
I do NOT repeat NOT mean to provoke any sort of political discussion with this question! I am simply trying to understand how the letter Z from the Latin alphabet has taken on its current meaning in ...
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How well informed are the Russian public about the recent Wagner mutiny?
The recent mutiny by the Wagner Group, controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin played out in real-time on TV around the world. The Russian people will have watched Putin's statement about the mutiny but how ...
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How does Prigozhin justify the war in Ukraine?
The Kremlin’s narrative for the war against Ukraine has essentially been: the West has been trying to increase their dominance in the region, Zelenskyy is backed by the West, and Ukraine in its then ...
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Who was allied with Yevgeny Prigozhin?
Who in the Russian ruling elite was behind the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group?
Most media accounts do not list his high-level allies, other than Vladimir Putin himself. But ...
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What government policies has Russia implemented to revive its domestic industries, after economic sanctions were imposed on them?
I was reading some Russian propaganda and came across this tidbit:
Indeed, the sanctions have done what many considered impossible: they jolted the country’s economy out of the well-trodden path of ...
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What were the avoidable strategic mistakes that led to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine? [closed]
It is said that conflicts can be avoided by dialogue and dissuasion. I am deeply regretful of the severe and worsening conflict in Europe. I can't help to wonder what steps should have been taken to ...
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Are there military arguments why Russia would blow up the Kakhovka dam?
There is a similar question here asking why Ukraine would blow up the dam. Russia, however, controlled the dam and could have blown it up to slowdown the Ukrainian counteroffensive, that was planned ...
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Are there military arguments why Ukraine would blow up the Kakhovka dam?
Today the Dniepro river dam at Kakhovka was breached. It is not obvious which side is responsible. While the Ukrainina side blames the Russians, the Russian side, obviously, blames the Ukrainians. So ...
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Is there any evidence suggesting or refuting that Russian officials knowingly lied that Russia was not going to attack Ukraine?
Before the Russian full-scale attack on Ukraine, a number of Russian officials made statements to assuage fears of an imminent invasion:
Washington — Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly ...
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How would a neutral observer compare the presence of US nukes in Europe to the presence of Russian nukes in Belarus?
USA in Germany
Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own, but it stores 20 or fewer U.S. B-61 nuclear gravity bombs at Büchel air base, and maintains a fleet of aging Tornado fighter bombers to ...
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Why is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus seen as a problem, and how would this help Russia?
Recently (May 2023) Russia decided to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus. This has been reported in many sources. At least Russia represents this as a serious escalation, something that they were "...
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How effective are lawyers and NGOs (like Soldiers Mothers, Peaceplea and Conscript's School) in securing the rights of the mobilized in Russia?
After the start of the first mobilizations in Russia, a couple of organisations were created to help mobilized people to either escape military service or acquire them non-combat roles:
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How many Ukrainian language schools were still open in Crimea in 2021 compared to 2013?
Russia often complains about the treatment of Russian minorities abroad, especially in Ukraine. But how did they treat the Ukrainian minority themselves?
E.g. how many Ukrainian language schools are ...
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Based on International law, to what extent can Ukraine take aggressive military action within the territory of Russia?
I wonder, based on international law, if Ukraine takes aggressive military action in the territory of Russia, such as occupying some cities of Russia (I am not considering Donbas, Luhansk and Crimea ...
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What did Putin mean by "We have [...] withdrawn almost all large and heavy weapons from the European part of Russia" in a 2008 interview?
From a 2008 press conference:
We have eliminated bases in Cam Ranh (Vietnam) and in Cuba. We have withdrawn our troops deployed in eastern Europe, and withdrawn almost all large and heavy weapons ...
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Why does Russia see NATO as an aggressor when the Istanbul document signed by Russia grants each participant the right to chose its allies separately?
The Istanbul document was a declaration signed in 1999 by Russia and Ukraine. Its legal character is similar to that of the Declaration of Human rights.
It contains the following paragraph:
We ...
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Why is it claimed that Russia might have to evacuate Crimea if Ukraine gets to the Sea of Azov?
In many analysis of Ukraine's likely axis of attack, it often gets claimed that Ukraine will try to push on the southern region, to the Sea of Azov, next to Mariupol. Thus cutting Kherson/Crimea off ...
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What factors result in the West being more accepting of India's neutrality over the Ukraine war than China's?
Both India and China remain Russian allies, both countries account for similar amounts of Russia's crude exports, both have refused to condemn the Ukraine war, both countries joined Russia's Vostok ...
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How did Turkmenistan "destroy its relationship with Russia’s Gazprom in 2008"?
According to one Carnegie article (seemingly penned by a Uzbek political analyst/scientist):
After Ashgabat destroyed its relationship with Russia’s Gazprom in 2008, only China remained as the major ...
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What can be the reasons or advantages for Russia's candid admission of their own fighter dropping ordnance over Belgorod instead of blaming Ukraine?
Today, a report came up about a Russian attack aircraft dropping ordnance over Belgorod, causing a crater 40m wide in one of the central streets of the city. Some reports indicate that this was an ...
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How can Russia enforce the Wikimedia fines?
There have been quite a few articles online (such as this one) about the Russian government issuing fines to the Wikimedia foundation for not taking down Wikipedia pages on the war in Ukraine. These ...
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"America is a marshmallow" statement from president Putin in 2016 after Trump was elected [closed]
I am looking for more information on a quote that I heard in 2016 and barely remember.
After President Trump was elected in 2016, a reporter on a NPR news program mentioned that Putin mentioned in a ...
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Why would Putin refer to Lukashenko as Potato Moose?
I'm unsure whether my question is on-topic, but I learn Russian and got really curious when reading a Radio France Internationale article of September 2021 written in Russian and quoting a Russian ...
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Why did Russia started war with Ukraine? [closed]
As you know when Russia declared war on Ukraine many countries had declared embargo on Russia.
And Russia didnt want to annex Ukraine completly or even making Ukraine Puppet.
So why is Russia declared ...
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Is the US support for Ukraine significantly because of Biden
Is US's position on Ukraine significantly the result of Biden himself?
On other questions, I keep reading assumptions - stated or not - that the US supports Ukraine only because Biden does.
On the ...
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Why do anti-Western politicians wear Western suits? [duplicate]
Whenever I see press releases about China or Russia I am always puzzled that Putin and Xi (and everyone below them) wear suits in Western style despite their anti-Western sentiments. The dominance of ...
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Are the UK, Germany and USA not concerned about their (donated) tanks being captured and researched by Russia?
It has been well established that several NATO countries are donating armoured vehicles (and training crews) to Ukraine. Some of the more notable vehicles that are being delivered include the American ...
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Did the Iraqi central government explicitly object to (or approve of) any deals by Russian oil & gas companies with the Kurdish Regional Government?
According to al-Jazeera, citing various (alas unnamed Russian and Kurdish diplomats/officials), Russia financially "saved" the KRG at a crucial time, by having its major oil/gas companies ...
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Is the text of the "Hamburg ceasefire agreement" public?
I read that:
In 2017, the US, Israel, Russia and Jordan reached a four-part agreement over southern Syria, with Moscow essentially committing to keeping Iran-backed groups away from the border. But ...
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How one-sided was (televised) note-taking in pre-2023 Xi-Putin meetings?
Some Western observers have made a big deal out of this regarding the televised bits of the last Xi-Putin meeting:
"The optics of the summit clearly favored Xi. Any talk of equal footing is just ...
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Why does Russia reject China's peace proposal?
On 24 February 2023, China issued a twelve-point peace plan outline,
calling for a cease fire and peace talks. The same day, Zelenskyy
indicated he was willing to consider aspects of the proposal,
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Why does People's Republic of China (PRC) tolerate the existence of a "de facto embassy" of the Republic of China (ROC) in Russia?
It is well known that Communist China (PRC) is really sensitive about countries that establish formal relations with the Republic of China in Taiwan (ROC).
One prominent example is the PRC reaction on ...
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Depleted uranium shells in the Russian nuclear doctrine
According to the current nuclear doctrine of Russia, is the transfer/usage of shells containing depleted uranium considered as a nuclear attack on Russia? Technologically, can it be considered as a ...
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What caused a drastic reduction in the population of ethnic Tatars in the Russian Federation?
I compared the Russian census of 2010 to the recently released census of 2020/2021.
Ethnic group
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What is the rationale of shooting toxic shells in an area that was meant to be liberated?
The UK authorities confirmed that they will provide depleted uranium shells to the Ukraininan forces.
As usual to divert the attention from the metal toxicity they pointed out the low radioactivity. ...
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Why is the US under Biden so strongly supporting Ukraine in the war?
Why is the US supporting Ukraine so massively?
Hardly a week goes by without some kind of aid package from the US to Ukraine. Clearly, the support is designed to continue the war and the extent of the ...
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What evidence has the ICC relied on in ordering the arrest of the President of Russia?
A few days ago, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said:
Today, the Pre-Trial Chamber has issued arrest warrants in relation to the following two individuals:
Mr Vladimir Putin, ...
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