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New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2018

The Curious Case of Latvia’s Banking Scandal

By Bart Oosterveld and Graham Brookie

Two developments have rocked the Latvian banking system in recent days. Last week, the country’s third-largest bank, ABLV Bank, was accused by the United States Treasury Department of systematic money laundering and aiding in the circumvention of the sanctions imposed on North Korea. Separately, Latvian Central Bank Governor Ilmars Rimsevics, one of the longest-serving central […]

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In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Nimmo Quoted in The Economist on Russian Disinformation

By Ben Nimmo

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In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Fried Quoted in The Weekly Standard on Russian Election Meddling

By Daniel Fried

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Russia

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Nimmo Quoted in VOA on Russian Election Meddling

By Ben Nimmo

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New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2018

Future Tense: Putin’s Re-Election a Given, But What Comes Next?

By Stephen Blank

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s re-election on March 18 is a foregone conclusion. Why, then, does this elaborately staged charade garner such attention abroad? Perhaps that is because the election is not important in itself as much as for the question it poses of what comes next. This election’s importance resides not in its occurrence or […]

Russia

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Arslan Quoted in BESA on Transporting Levantine Gas to Europe

By Defne Arslan

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Turkey

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Farkas in The Washington Post: The Investigations Into Russian Meddling Are Not Enough

By Evelyn Farkas

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UkraineAlert

Feb 22, 2018

Ukraine Is Not an Afterthought

By Stephen Blank

One of the Russians attending the Munich Security Conference last week tweeted that based on the speeches he had heard, Ukraine was an afterthought in Europe. Nothing would comfort Moscow more than to believe that for the West, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is merely a minor concern. That would make the tasks of obstructing the […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2018

Why Sobchak is Wrong and Navalny is Right

By Daniel Vajdich

Ksenia Sobchak sees a “big double standard” in fellow Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s criticism of her decision to stand in the presidential elections in Russia on March 18. In December of 2017, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission determined that Navalny was ineligible to participate in the presidential election citing a sham corruption conviction.

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In the News

Feb 21, 2018

Farkas Quoted in The Washington Post on Transatlantic Alliance and Security

By Evelyn Farkas

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