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How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

20 September 2018 - Russia Vostok 2018 major operational-strategic military exercise, which ran from September 11 to 17, has gotton considerable international attention due both to its reported size, cast as the largest since Zapad 1981, and the inclusion of forces from China.

Military

Azerbaijan In The CSTO: An Unlikely Prospect

20 September 2018 - In an interview last month (August 16) with the media outlet Azeri Daily, Azerbaijani member of parliament and the head of the Azerbaijan-Russia inter-parliamentary group, Ali Huseynli, suggested that, considering the changed geopolitical conditions in the South Caucasus, “it would be possible [he later also used the word ‘advisable’] to consider Azerbaijan’s participation in the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]” (Azeri Daily, August 16). His sensational statement triggered a heated public discussion domestically and abroad about Azerbaijan potentially joining the Russian-led military bloc.

Military

Russian Media Backs Putin & Faults Israel Over Downing Of Jet Off Syria

19 September 2018 - The tragic incident with Russia’s Il-20 military jet, downed by Syrian air defenses over the Mediterranean, while repelling an Israeli attack, dominated headlines in the Russian press on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incident as "a chain of tragic accidental consequences."

Politics

How The Trump Administration Helped Rapprochement Of Old Rivals

19 September 2018 - U.S. sanctions against Russia and Turkey, as well as trade duties against the European Union and Turkey have triggered political rapprochement in the Moscow-Ankara-Berlin triangle. At the August 14 meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, they parties demonstrated a mutual understanding on virtually all issues plus Syria and lashed out at Washington's policies, dubbing it as frightening the whole Europe.

How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

Azerbaijan In The CSTO: An Unlikely Prospect

Russian Media Backs Putin & Faults Israel Over Downing Of Jet Off Syria

How The Trump Administration Helped Rapprochement Of Old Rivals

Thinking Of The Past & Future - The Myth Of The Liberal International Order That Never Existed

What The Russia-Turkey Idlib Agreement Reveals About The Syrian Conflict

How The Trump Administration Helped Rapprochement Of Old Rivals

Understanding Armenia’s Syrian Gamble

Capitalism the Kremlin Way

EU, Azerbaijan Upbeat About Deepening Comprehensive Ties, Finalizing New Cooperation Accord

How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

Azerbaijan In The CSTO: An Unlikely Prospect

Russian Media Backs Putin & Faults Israel Over Downing Of Jet Off Syria

US, Russia Opt to Keep Lines Open on Energy, Despite Trading Barbs

Russian Gas & The Kerfuffle Over Increasing Gas Prices in Ukraine

Caspian Convention Signing & The Implications for the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline

How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

Thinking Of The Past & Future - The Myth Of The Liberal International Order That Never Existed

After 100 Years, With Karabakh Under Armenian Occupation, Baku, Ankara Hail Time Tested Ties

How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

Azerbaijan In The CSTO: An Unlikely Prospect

Thinking Of The Past & Future - The Myth Of The Liberal International Order That Never Existed

What The Russia-Turkey Idlib Agreement Reveals About The Syrian Conflict

Russian Media Backs Putin & Faults Israel Over Downing Of Jet Off Syria

How The Trump Administration Helped Rapprochement Of Old Rivals

Russia, Azerbaijan Improve Relations Amidst Centrifugal Tendencies in Armenia

As Large-Scale Military Drills Get Underway, Armenian Premier Provokes Baku to Conflict

US, Russia Opt to Keep Lines Open on Energy, Despite Trading Barbs

Understanding Armenia’s Syrian Gamble

How Far Vostok 2018 Drills - Designed to Project Russia’s Military Power - Reverberate In The Media

Thinking Of The Past & Future - The Myth Of The Liberal International Order That Never Existed

Russian Media Backs Putin & Faults Israel Over Downing Of Jet Off Syria

How The Trump Administration Helped Rapprochement Of Old Rivals

As Large-Scale Military Drills Get Underway, Armenian Premier Provokes Baku to Conflict

After 100 Years, With Karabakh Under Armenian Occupation, Baku, Ankara Hail Time Tested Ties

Idlib - Apple of Discord Between Two Regional Powers: Back to 2015 For Moscow & Ankara?

Moscow Showcases Vostok 2018: Fact, Fiction and Hyperbole

Vigorous Urge From Turkey’s Erdogan To Rescue Idlib From Russia-Iran-Assad Offensive In The Pipeline

EU, Azerbaijan Upbeat About Deepening Comprehensive Ties, Finalizing New Cooperation Accord