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Turkish policy in the South Caucasus and relations with Russia
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Turkish policy in the South Caucasus and relations with Russia

26 August 2025
Turkey-Russia relations are typically based on compartmentalization. They simultaneously compete and cooperate in various regions, separating the areas in which their interests are overlapping from those where they are in competition. This concept was the base of their competing relations in Syria until the demise of Assad regime in 2024, and mutual interactions in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Russian deputy governor of border region arrested in corruption case
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Russian deputy governor of border region arrested in corruption case

25 August 2025
Russia has once again prosecuted a former regional administrator bordering Ukraine. This time, the case concerns Vladimir Bazarov, the former deputy governor of Kursk. He has been arrested. He is suspected of corruption in connection with the embezzlement of around 10 million euros during the construction of defensive structures. This information was reported by the state press agency TASS.
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Neutral Russia
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Neutral Russia

1 October 2020
Russia has all the hard and soft power tools necessary to influence events in the South Caucasus, but may not want to use them to intervene in the current conflict just yet.
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Putin buys time to sort out Lukashenko's mess
Putin buys time to sort out Lukashenko's mess
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Putin buys time to sort out Lukashenko's mess

22 September 2020
In Sochi Putin threw a lifeline to Lukashenko, whilst buying time for the Kremlin so it can reorganize the Belarussian political landscape, argues Alexander Petrosyan in this op-ed.
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