Category: Conflicts / Occupied Territories
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Introduction The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is a core component of the security and defence infrastructure of the Russian Federation. The SVR, along with the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (formerly known as the Main Intelligence Directorate – GRU), is a part of Russia’s unified intelligence…
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Introduction Numerous articles have been published on the Russian military presence in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region, which some depict as a Russian-armed “stronghold.” Various claims have been made on the number of Russian servicemen, creating misconceptions. Russian military experts call Transnistria a “deterrence factor” against NATO’s expansion to the east. This article analyses the publicly…
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Summary The 4th Military Base of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation has been involved in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine since the very beginning, when the war first kicked off in February 2022. Yet the initial footage showing Russian units being deployed from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region of…
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Occupied Tskhinvali Region Military Exercises June 1, 2026 marked the beginning of the summer training period for the “South Ossetian” military personnel. Yuri Yarovitsky, a Russian general in charge of “South Ossetia’s” de facto ministry of defence, addressed the opening ceremony and oversaw the formation of what appeared to be approximately 150 servicemen still remaining…
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Post-Soviet Conflicts Watch monitors ongoing conflicts and post-conflict developments throughout the post-Soviet region. The publication analyses key events and trends in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia), as well as in Transnistria, Gagauzia, and other areas. It also covers the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process following on from the Second Nagorno-Karabakh…
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On 22 June 2026, Alan Gagloev, the de facto president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (the so-called Republic of South Ossetia), met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. The day after the meeting, Gagloev announced his resignation, and the same day was appointed as an adviser to President Putin. Marat Kambolov was designated…
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On June 2, 2026, Alan Gagloev, the de facto president of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali region, also known as “the Republic of South Ossetia,” signed a decree “On the Approval of the Military Doctrine of the Republic of South Ossetia.” Several Russian media outlets reported that the de facto republic has a “new” military doctrine, however,…
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Post-Soviet Conflicts Watch monitors ongoing conflicts and post-conflict developments throughout the post-Soviet region. The publication analyses key events and trends in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia), as well as in Transnistria, Gagauzia, and other areas. It also covers the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Note: This…
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On 9 May, marking the 81st anniversary of victory in the “Great Patriotic War” (a term used in Russia and several former Soviet countries to refer to the 1941–1945 war between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union), Alan Gagloev, the de facto President of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, the so-called Republic of…
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The Occupied Tskhinvali Region An Amendment to the Protocol of an Agreement On May 19, 2026, the de facto defence minister of the occupied “South Ossetia,” a Russian officer named Yury Yarovitsky, signed an amendment protocol to the existing protocol of an agreement between Russia and “South Ossetia” “on Co-financing and Gradual Increase of Salaries and other…