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Russia: weekly report (22.07-28.07)

This report presents key developments that have had an important impact on political, economic and social processes within Russia.

Based on the results of the past week, the following trends can be summarised:

  • Most likely, we should expect that in the near future Putin will propose measures to save resources and money to Russians. This was the case in the 1970s and early 1980s, when Leonid Brezhnev, facing problems for the Soviet economy for the first time, put forward the slogan “The economy must be frugal”. Without denying this slogan (as well as Putin’s correct theses), it should be noted that when the government starts talking about economy at the national level, it is always a harbinger of crisis in the country.
  • The next meeting between Putin and Lukashenko is the most classified, but Ascolt’s sources claim that Putin was interested in two issues: first, the results of joint Belarusian-Chinese military exercises (as well as the state of relations between Belarus and China in general), and second, the ability of Belarusian diplomats (through informal ties with the Vatican and Washington) to resolve a number of important issues. In essence, it is about unifying the capabilities of Belarusian and Russian diplomacy.
  • While Russia used to be more of a statistic in the processes that took place in the Far East and Southeast Asia, now the emphasis is shifting and Russia is trying to become a full-fledged partner of China in political games in the region. In the near future, we will be able to see a more active presence of Russia in this area. Laos has traditionally been closely associated with the USSR and later with Russia, at least since the 1960s. Most likely, we should expect Russia to offer Laos a number of joint projects in the near future, including the traditional “rolled-out” scheme of building a nuclear power plant (Laos already produces a large amount of electricity, which is mainly exported, which has allowed Laos to earn the informal nickname “ASEAN’s Battery”).

This digest examines the issues that were most relevant to Russia in the period from 22 to 28 July:

  1. Vladimir Putin meets with Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Boris Kovalchuk
  2. Meeting on the socio-economic development of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine 
  3. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit to Moscow
  4. Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko’s trip to Valaam 
  5. The main naval parade
  6. Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Laos 
  7. The situation with the Wagner PMC in Mali 

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This report presents key developments that have had an important impact on political, economic and social processes within Russia.

Based on the results of the past week, the following trends can be summarised:

  • Most likely, we should expect that in the near future Putin will propose measures to save resources and money to Russians. This was the case in the 1970s and early 1980s, when Leonid Brezhnev, facing problems for the Soviet economy for the first time, put forward the slogan “The economy must be frugal”. Without denying this slogan (as well as Putin’s correct theses), it should be noted that when the government starts talking about economy at the national level, it is always a harbinger of crisis in the country.
  • The next meeting between Putin and Lukashenko is the most classified, but Ascolt’s sources claim that Putin was interested in two issues: first, the results of joint Belarusian-Chinese military exercises (as well as the state of relations between Belarus and China in general), and second, the ability of Belarusian diplomats (through informal ties with the Vatican and Washington) to resolve a number of important issues. In essence, it is about unifying the capabilities of Belarusian and Russian diplomacy.
  • While Russia used to be more of a statistic in the processes that took place in the Far East and Southeast Asia, now the emphasis is shifting and Russia is trying to become a full-fledged partner of China in political games in the region. In the near future, we will be able to see a more active presence of Russia in this area. Laos has traditionally been closely associated with the USSR and later with Russia, at least since the 1960s. Most likely, we should expect Russia to offer Laos a number of joint projects in the near future, including the traditional “rolled-out” scheme of building a nuclear power plant (Laos already produces a large amount of electricity, which is mainly exported, which has allowed Laos to earn the informal nickname “ASEAN’s Battery”).

This digest examines the issues that were most relevant to Russia in the period from 22 to 28 July:

  1. Vladimir Putin meets with Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Boris Kovalchuk
  2. Meeting on the socio-economic development of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine 
  3. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit to Moscow
  4. Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko’s trip to Valaam 
  5. The main naval parade
  6. Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Laos 
  7. The situation with the Wagner PMC in Mali 

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