SCW Russia Report #2022-1, Tuesday 3.8.22
Topics: Ukraine|Energy|Economic|U.S./Europe|China|Nuclear|Cyber|Media|Politics
Ukraine & Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Russian Military
Ukraine Had One of the World's Biggest Nuclear Arsenals and Gave It Up Voluntarily in Exchange for the Promise that Their Territory Would Not Be Violated; Russia Signed the Treaty - SCW 3.1.22
Navalny Urges Russians To Continue Anti-War Protests That 'Unnerve' Kremlin - RFE/RL 3.8.22
Poland Ready To Hand Over All MiG-29 Warplanes To U.S. In Germany - RFE/RL 3.8.22
Russian Ministries, Agencies Hacked In Apparent Anti-War Protest - RFE/RL 3.8.22
Zelensky vows to fight Russia in 'forests, fields and shores' - Ukraine's president addresses the House of Commons as the UK and US announce bans on Russian oil imports.' - BBC 3.8.22
Intel chief: Putin likely to 'escalate' in Ukraine, thinks 'he cannot afford to lose' - NY Post 3.8.22
Putin May Use Chechen War Playbook In Ukraine, Says Russian Human Rights Activist - RFE/RL 3.6.22
More than 2M have fled Ukraine — even as Russia 'bombs safe routes' - NY Post 3.8.22
Hand-to-hand combat breaks out on streets of Kyiv suburb - NY Post 3.8.22
Ukrainians flee cities under fire - Reuters 3.8.22
Ukraine refugees will face bitterly cold temperatures in Eastern Europe this week - NY Post 3.8.22
Little progress in new peace talks - as Russia unleashes ‘medieval siege warfare’ - NY Post 3.7.22
White House, DoD lower expectations of Polish warplanes for Ukraine - Defense Week 3.7.22
Putin has deployed nearly 100% of pre-staged forces into Ukraine - U.S. official - Reuters 3.7.22
Intel alliance asks Interpol to suspend Russia as Kyiv wants Moscow isolated - UPI 3.7.22
Judo Federation strips Putin and Kremlin-supporting elite of titles - UPI 3.7.22
World Bank sending $725M emergency package to Ukraine - Fox 3.7.22
War in Ukraine: World Bank approves $723m financial package - BBC 3.7.22
Americans back Russia oil ban, going to war if NATO ally attacked - NY Post 3.7.22
Russia tells Ukrainians war can end if they give up 3 key regions - NY Post 3.7.22
The curious case of Russia’s missing air force; Experts had expected the invaders to use their planes to pick off Ukraine’s forces at will - Economist 3.8.22
Russian Oil, Gas, Energy
Shell, BP to Withdraw From Russian Oil, Gas - WSJ 3.8.22
Biden bans Russia oil imports to U.S., warns U.S. gasoline prices will rise further - Reuters 3.8.22
Oil surges as U.S. bans Russian crude, Britain launches phase out - Reuters 3.8.22
Russian Economy, Business, Trade
Russia Set to Ban Commodity Exports - WSJ 3.8.22
McDonald's, icon of post-Soviet Russia, to close all restaurants in Russia - Reuters 3.8.22
Coca-Cola Announces Suspension of Operations in Russia - Bloomberg 3.8.22
United States, Europe & Russia
Poland Ready To Hand Over All MiG-29 Warplanes To U.S. In Germany - RFE/RL 3.8.22
War in Ukraine: West hits Russia with oil bans and gas curbs - BBC 3.8.22
McDonald's, icon of post-Soviet Russia, to close all restaurants in Russia
Shell, BP to Withdraw From Russian Oil, Gas - WSJ 3.8.22
White House, DoD lower expectations of Polish warplanes for Ukraine - Defense Week 3.7.22
Coca-Cola Announces Suspension of Operations in Russia - Bloomberg 3.8.22
China & Russia
U.S. nuclear forces chief ‘very concerned’ by Russia-China cooperation - Defense News 3.8.22
Nuclear
U.S. nuclear forces chief ‘very concerned’ by Russia-China cooperation - Defense News 3.8.22
Russian Media
Cybersecurity & Russia
Russian Ministries, Agencies Hacked In Apparent Anti-War Protest - RFE/RL 3.8.22
Russian Politics & Government
Navalny Urges Russians To Continue Anti-War Protests That 'Unnerve' Kremlin - RFE/RL 3.8.22
Russian Ministries, Agencies Hacked In Apparent Anti-War Protest - RFE/RL 3.8.22
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