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Russia for the week (02.09-08.09)

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

The following trends can be summarised from the results of the past week:

  • Through his visit to Mongolia, Putin was able to demonstrate that not all countries in the world will comply with the orders of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president. This was the most important element of Putin’s visit to Ulaanbaatar. The fact that a number of countries (including Armenia) followed Mongolia in declaring their readiness to provide security and immunity guarantees for the Russian president in the event of his visit to their countries means one thing: the system built on the Rome Statute has begun to actively break down. 
  • Russia is trying to have a more active influence on the situation in the Pacific region. The Eastern Economic Forum, the second most important discussion platform in Russia (after the St. Petersburg Economic Forum), is dedicated to this very issue. However, Alexander Vulin’s participation in the forum shows that Russia continues to hope for Serbia’s role as a major partner in the Balkans. Notably, the meeting with Han Zheng (the second person in the Chinese hierarchy) is one of a number of meetings with senior Chinese officials and politicians planned for the near future – until Xi Jinping’s visit at the end of December. The meeting with the Malaysian Prime Minister means that one of the key players in Indochina is gradually reorienting towards China and Russia, which could be very painfully perceived in the US. 
  • The issue of air security has recently become a priority issue for Russia. Ukrainian drones and missiles have increasingly started hitting important objects on the territory of the Russian Federation. Russia is also preparing for the fact that the US may give the go-ahead for the use of long-range weapons. That is why the issue of the country’s air defence is high on the agenda. Obviously, the main report was to be presented by Lieutenant General Andrei Semenov, commander of the air defence forces. However, there have been a lot of questions about his work recently. It is not excluded that personnel reshuffles may be adopted based on the results of the report.

This digest looks at the following issues that were most relevant to Russia during the period from the 2nd to the 8th of September:

1. Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of Tyva;

2. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia;

3. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Primorsky Krai;

4. Putin’s participation in the ninth session of the Eastern Economic Forum;

5. Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council;

6. Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the RBC media holding.

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

The following trends can be summarised from the results of the past week:

  • Through his visit to Mongolia, Putin was able to demonstrate that not all countries in the world will comply with the orders of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president. This was the most important element of Putin’s visit to Ulaanbaatar. The fact that a number of countries (including Armenia) followed Mongolia in declaring their readiness to provide security and immunity guarantees for the Russian president in the event of his visit to their countries means one thing: the system built on the Rome Statute has begun to actively break down. 
  • Russia is trying to have a more active influence on the situation in the Pacific region. The Eastern Economic Forum, the second most important discussion platform in Russia (after the St. Petersburg Economic Forum), is dedicated to this very issue. However, Alexander Vulin’s participation in the forum shows that Russia continues to hope for Serbia’s role as a major partner in the Balkans. Notably, the meeting with Han Zheng (the second person in the Chinese hierarchy) is one of a number of meetings with senior Chinese officials and politicians planned for the near future – until Xi Jinping’s visit at the end of December. The meeting with the Malaysian Prime Minister means that one of the key players in Indochina is gradually reorienting towards China and Russia, which could be very painfully perceived in the US. 
  • The issue of air security has recently become a priority issue for Russia. Ukrainian drones and missiles have increasingly started hitting important objects on the territory of the Russian Federation. Russia is also preparing for the fact that the US may give the go-ahead for the use of long-range weapons. That is why the issue of the country’s air defence is high on the agenda. Obviously, the main report was to be presented by Lieutenant General Andrei Semenov, commander of the air defence forces. However, there have been a lot of questions about his work recently. It is not excluded that personnel reshuffles may be adopted based on the results of the report.

This digest looks at the following issues that were most relevant to Russia during the period from the 2nd to the 8th of September:

1. Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of Tyva;

2. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia;

3. Vladimir Putin’s visit to Primorsky Krai;

4. Putin’s participation in the ninth session of the Eastern Economic Forum;

5. Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council;

6. Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the RBC media holding.

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