Experts from the authoritative US analytical center Stratfor predict significant progress in peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the coming year, as well as strengthening Russia's influence in the South Caucasus.
Senator Alexei Pushkov criticized the statement on Nord Stream 2 and relations between Russia and Germany made by the chairman of Stratfor, the private intelligence publishing and consulting firm. He called George Friedman’s words a …
In the near future Georgia will strengthen relationships with key allies in the region - Azerbaijan and Turkey, the forecast published by the American private intelligence and analysis company Stratfor reads. …
Britain leaving the European Union will be a serious test of the EU's unity, and may affect the position of the West in relation to Russia, calling the extension of the anti-Russian sanctions in January 2017 into question, the experts of the US company Stratfor said.
According to the experts, a single EU front on the issue of anti-Russian sanctions has cracked even before the Brexit vote. At the same time they pointed out that some Russia-friendly countries, including Italy, Greece, and Hungary, called for greater discussion on extending sanctions against Russia. "Of course, the pro-Russia sentiment has not sufficed to break the EU unanimity in an actual vote. Nonetheless, it reveals growing uncertainty over the future of the sanctions – regardless of whether Moscow complies with the Continent's demands to implement the Minsk accords," Stratfor experts noted.
Experts of the US intelligence and analytical company Stratfor doubt that the EU will extend sanctions against Russia for another year.
The Stratfor experts believe that Ukraine will use "a number of methods" to …
As Ukrainian conflict worsening, the confrontation between Russia and the West is also enhanced. The center of this dispute can be transferred from the Ukraine to the Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, …