Author: Sergey Sukhankin
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Unpacking the New Russia-Iran Treaty
On January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a treaty forming a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” between Moscow and Tehran. This document became a major strategic document signed between the two countries since 2001. In the 24 years since that agreement, the global geopolitical environment has undergone vast changes. Following Russia’s…
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Russia and Iran’s Gas Ambitions: Cooperation or Competition?
The second half of September and early October were marked by a number of high-profile meetings between high-ranking Russian and Iranian officials. In September, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Sergei Shoigu met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who stressed that relations between Tehran and Moscow would develop in “a continuous and lasting way.”…
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Kazakhstan Pauses Prospective Application to BRICS
Executive Summary: Just days before the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Kazakhstan announced that it will likely not consider applying to join the group in the foreseeable future, citing the complexity of gaining membership and the bloc’s future prospects. China and Russia, two key pillars of BRICS, have explicitly supported Kazakhstan’s potential bid, which…