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Russia for the week (26.08-01.09)

This report presents key events that had an important impact on political, economic and social processes inside Russia.

Based on the results of the past week, the following trends can be identified in the following thesis:

  • Putin continues to demonstrate that it is he who leads all economic processes, which not only indicates the concentration of power around one leader, but also the reality that there are no serious crisis changes in the Russian economy (if there were, Putin would have shifted responsibility for the economy to the Government). In this situation, however, he shows that all the positive achievements are due to his personality alone. 
  • During his telephone conversation with Putin, Narendra Modi informed Putin about his visit to Ukraine and his talks with Vladimir Zelensky. Of late, Modi has been trying to mould India/Bharat policy in such a way as to turn his country into a bridge between the Global South and the Global West. His initiatives go far beyond resolving the Ukrainian issue, which in a certain part of the world is considered local and far from being the main issue. His task is to organize a dialogue between the two parts of the divided world on as many contentious issues as possible (including the Ukrainian issue). That is why Modi’s mission is extremely important and India’s initiatives should be looked at with great interest.
  • Russia has repeatedly indicated that it is clarifying the provisions of its own nuclear doctrine and has also indicated the possibility of using nuclear weapons. Ryabkov (known as the chief diplomatic hawk in the Russian Foreign Ministry) is in fact sending another signal to the West that Russia will not give up the use of nuclear weapons if the situation worsens. Ryabkov is trying, first, to create threats in case the U.S. allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons on Russian territory (which would be perceived in Russia as a factor allowing the use of nuclear weapons), and also to push the U.S. to re-sign the RSMD and nuclear arms control treaties. 

This digest looks at the following issues that were most relevant to Russia between 26 August and 1 September:

1. Meeting on economic issues

2. Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. 3.

3. Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 3;

4. telephone conversation with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan. 4;

5. Sergey Lavrov’s statement on Ukraine;

6. Ryabkov’s statement on the revision of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

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This report presents key events that had an important impact on political, economic and social processes inside Russia.

Based on the results of the past week, the following trends can be identified in the following thesis:

  • Putin continues to demonstrate that it is he who leads all economic processes, which not only indicates the concentration of power around one leader, but also the reality that there are no serious crisis changes in the Russian economy (if there were, Putin would have shifted responsibility for the economy to the Government). In this situation, however, he shows that all the positive achievements are due to his personality alone. 
  • During his telephone conversation with Putin, Narendra Modi informed Putin about his visit to Ukraine and his talks with Vladimir Zelensky. Of late, Modi has been trying to mould India/Bharat policy in such a way as to turn his country into a bridge between the Global South and the Global West. His initiatives go far beyond resolving the Ukrainian issue, which in a certain part of the world is considered local and far from being the main issue. His task is to organize a dialogue between the two parts of the divided world on as many contentious issues as possible (including the Ukrainian issue). That is why Modi’s mission is extremely important and India’s initiatives should be looked at with great interest.
  • Russia has repeatedly indicated that it is clarifying the provisions of its own nuclear doctrine and has also indicated the possibility of using nuclear weapons. Ryabkov (known as the chief diplomatic hawk in the Russian Foreign Ministry) is in fact sending another signal to the West that Russia will not give up the use of nuclear weapons if the situation worsens. Ryabkov is trying, first, to create threats in case the U.S. allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons on Russian territory (which would be perceived in Russia as a factor allowing the use of nuclear weapons), and also to push the U.S. to re-sign the RSMD and nuclear arms control treaties. 

This digest looks at the following issues that were most relevant to Russia between 26 August and 1 September:

1. Meeting on economic issues

2. Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. 3.

3. Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 3;

4. telephone conversation with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan. 4;

5. Sergey Lavrov’s statement on Ukraine;

6. Ryabkov’s statement on the revision of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.

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