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Essential CIS Politics: May 2024
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · Report · 02 May 2024

* Russia has gained ground in Ukraine and hit cities with drones and missiles. * Ukraine passed a law allowing more men to be drafted. * Russian peacekeepers are leaving Armenia as the country improves relations with Azerbaijan by ceding land. * Georgia passes foreign agents’ law despite ...

Corruption crackdown in Russia
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 30 Apr 2024

On April 29 the head of Nizhny Novgorod was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukraine on suspicion of stealing public funds. Oleg Lavrichev is head of his city council and a member of United Russia, the party that dominates the country. Lavrichev was supposed to supervise the distribution of food and ...

Polish farmers end blockade of Ukrainian produce
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 29 Apr 2024

On April 29 the protesters removed barriers at the last checkpoint they had blocked. The others were removed in April 2024. Goods are moving freely both to and from Ukraine. Since February 2024 Polish farmers had prevented Ukrainian food from entering the country, saying it undercut them. An agre...

Russia and Ukraine exchange children
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 27 Apr 2024

On April 24 the Russian Children's Rights Commissioner said that Russia would return 29 children to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving Russia back 19 children. Maria Lvova Belova, who announced the deal, was indicted by the International Criminal Court for child abduction in 2023.  Qatar brok...

Ukraine receives first US ammo for months
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 25 Apr 2024

On April 24 the US dispatched the first installment of the new aid package. The aid package passed the US Senate by an overwhelming majority, and Biden signed it. Within hours aid was on the way to Ukraine. It comes not a moment too soon for Ukraine. The US had identified the munitions and assets...

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan solve border dispute
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 25 Apr 2024

On April 15 Kyrgyzstan gave 208 hectares to Uzbekistan in return for receiving the same amount of territory from Uzbekistan. Ever since the breakup of the USSR a border dispute has simmered. There were Kyrgyz exclaves entirely surrounded by Uzbekistan. The Kyrgyz people in the former exclaves hav...

Ukraine pressures citizens abroad to come home to fight
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 24 Apr 2024

On April 23 Kyiv ended consular services for military aged men (18-60) who are outside the country. The only exemption is for a travel document to allow a men to come back to Ukraine. This comes after Ukraine changed the law to allow more men to be drafted. As Ukrainian men abroad cannot renew vi...

UK to give its largest aid package to Ukraine
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 23 Apr 2024

On April 23 the Prime Minister of the UK announced a USD 671 million package. Rishi Sunak is currently visiting Poland, which identifies with Ukraine and hosts more Ukrainian refugees than any other country. The UK is donating USD 3.7 billion to Ukraine this financial year. The latest British aid...

Armenia hands over villages to Azerbaijan
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 22 Apr 2024

On April 19 Armenia ceded the land to its neighbor as part of a border demarcation agreement. The four villages were part of Azerbaijan in the Soviet era. This has caused protests in Armenia, where some people believe the government is being feeble and cowardly. Some say Prime Minister Pashinyan ...

Russia slams US aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 21 Apr 2024

On April 20 the US House of Representatives passed a military aid package for the 3 countries. This includes USD 61 billion for Ukraine. The aid packages needs to pass the Senate, which is almost certain to happen. Biden has vowed to sign the bill as soon as it is passed. The bill has been delaye...

Georgians protest against foreign agents' bill
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 18 Apr 2024

On April 17 thousands of people demonstrated near parliament. They want the government to drop the foreign agents' bill. Western governments and Georgians civil society have said that it will have a chilling effect on dissidents and human rights. Critics say the bill is based on its Russian equiv...

Russian peacekeepers will withdraw from Azerbaijan
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 17 Apr 2024

On April 17 Putin's spokesman made the announcement. After the 2020 war Russia mediated peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The peace agreement provided for 1,500 Russian troops to keep the peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. The region is legally Azerbaijani but was then ethnically almost exclusively A...

Floods threaten Russian cities
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 16 Apr 2024

Flooding has gotten worse in Russia and Kazakhstan in mid April. An unusually early and warm spring caused snow and ice to melt abruptly. The premature and sudden thaw means that rivers have burst their banks. Heavy rains have aggravated the situation. The Ishim River, which flows from Kazakhstan...

Uzbekistan represses Islamists
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 15 Apr 2024

In April 2024 the Uzbek government responded to the March 2024 Crocus City Hall attacks in Moscow by ramping up police action against those suspected of religious extremism and terrorism. The police have searched the residences of suspects. The public have been told not to put their children into...

Ban on Russian metals by the US and UK
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS · In Brief · 15 Apr 2024

On April 12 the announcement was made as part of the drive to reduce revenue that funds the Russian war effort. The metals targeted are nickel, copper and aluminum. The sanctions also reduce the use of these metals in the world metal exchanges and in derivatives trading. The Chicago Mercantile Ex...

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