PSCRP-BESA Reports No. 137 (June 26, 2025)
Compared to other Russian regions, Dagestan stands out for its relatively high level of grassroots protest activity, which has not yet been completely suppressed. The protests are spontaneous, frequent, and occur for various …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No. 136 (June 24, 2025)
by Dmitry Kovchegin
The threat of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons largely fuels public “nuclear” fears associated with the war in Ukraine. However, the less visible “nuclear” dimension of the war—with a more …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No. 135 (June 18, 2025)
Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel have made it clear where the two main rivals in the South Caucasus — Azerbaijan and Armenia — stand. Monitoring of media …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 132 (June 08, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
In the recent issue of monitoring, the reader will find many unexpected things—a study of a fragment of the post-Soviet world integrated into the EU, the Visegrad countries, and the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 133 (June 04, 2025)
On May 15, a free trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union came into force, cutting tariffs on most goods traded between the Islamic Republic and the bloc’s members. The …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 133 (May 26, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
On May 21, the Chisinau Court of Appeal left the head of the Gagauz autonomy, Eugenia Gutul, under house arrest. Gutul was detained on March 25 at the Chisinau airport …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 133 (May 23, 2025)
by Anna Ayvazyan
The overall situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan has undergone substantial changes in recent years. Both are engaged in peace negotiations that involve numerous difficult decisions on both sides – from …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 132 (May 17, 2025)
Russia officially became a nationalist state in the summer of 2020, when the constitution was amended[1] to declare Russian the state language as “the language of the state-forming people,” among other changes. …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 130 (May 12, 2025)
by Alexander Shpunt
Judging by the extremely cautious reports in analytical publications of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at the final stage of the process of delimitation of the state border dividing …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 129 (May 06, 2025)
Ethnic policies of the USSR as a time bomb
Chechens (Nokhchi) and Ingush (Galgai) are two closely related peoples. Not only are they neighbors: they share religion (Sufi Sunnism), tribal (teip) social structure, …
