@MariaEngqvist

Analyst. Director of the Russia and Eurasia Studies Programme @FOIresearch Intellectual off-road vehicle. Them ol' caveats. ᛁᚴ᛫ᛁᛘ᛫ᛚᛅᚴᛁᚱᚦᛅ.

Joined October 2022
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1) Fresh FOI Report from the print: The Future of Warfare in Russian Military Thinking. @FOIresearch foi.se/rapporter/rapportsamm…

Framtidens krig i ryskt militärt tänkande - Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut - FOI

Det rysk-ukrainska kriget påminner i många avseenden om ett övergångskrig. Det har fungerat som en katalysator för ryskt militärt tänkande, men också för en forcerad omdaning av de ryska väpnade...

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Oscar Jonsson
@OAJonssonOct 15
We are now recruiting 1-2 post-docs to our burgeoning Russia programme with a focus on military capability and/or Russian warfare. Spread the word and ping anyone suitable @Forsvarshogsk
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Hudson Institute
@HudsonInstituteOct 6
The war in Yemen is entering a new phase. Iran is using Houthi pressure on Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea to complement denial operations in the Strait of Hormuz, as Saudi Arabia attempts to restore Yemen's national government. @ckasapoglu1's assessment of the situation ⬇️
Hudson Institute
@HudsonInstituteOct 6

Beyond Hormuz: Yemen’s Saudi-Backed Campaign Against Iran’s Houthi Proxies Intensifies

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Kevin Rothrock@MrKevinRothrockOct 4
Moscow police detained about 60 people at a Communist Party rally marking the 1993 crisis (when Boris Yeltsin shelled the parliament building), eyewitnesses reported. They say arrests began once demonstrators started chanting against the ruling party. t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/5557…

Осторожно, новости

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Are these the ”missing” open rail cars from Belarus? The timeline would make sense.
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Can someone geolocate this pls?
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This is late August, now we’re in early October.
Maria Engqvist
@MariaEngqvistAug 30
Is this a here-we-go?
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Ukraine Military Situation Report: September 30

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Deborah Haynes
@haynesdeborahOct 2
We ran a wargame - in a podcast - that simulates a Russian attack on the UK to help bring to life the reality of the threat and raise awareness in Britain about the critical importance of rebuilding credible defences and wider national resilience. The series just won best news, politics & current affairs podcast at the British Podcast Awards. Massive team effort! Thank you to @RJohnsonCCW1 for devising the scenario Thank you to everyone involved in the production, in particular @jshield @swhiteheadsky & @senordelcorbett And thank you to our exceptional cast of former top ministers and military and security chiefs, led by @BenWallace70 who played our PM 💪 as well as @KeirGiles and his expert team who played the Russian side
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auonsson@auonssonSep 26
A week or so ago there was much ado about tensions running high in North Eastern Europe. So I decided to look for material changes, namely flight hours by selected aircraft classes over North Eastern Europe. All except two point to everything being very normal last weeks. 🧵
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Samuel Bendett
@sambendettSep 23
What We Know About Russia’s Answer to Starlink supercluster.com/editorial/w…

What We Know About Russia’s Answer to Starlink

A batch of RASSVET satellites, Russia's version of Starlink, launched in March this year failed to reach their operational altitude of 500 miles (800 kilometers) and is reportedly lingering in a much...

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Oscar Jonsson
@OAJonssonSep 21
The Wargame premieres on Sky tonight. It’s a docudrama, putting recent British politicians and practitioners in an attack from Russia. I’m happy to have contributed to the Russia part of the show.

Wargame: How will real political figures respond to a fake invasion?

With the threat from Russia rising in the real world, a new series from Sky tests what might happen if the UK faced an attack.

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Pay attention to @sisemin, everyone.
Siseministeerium/MoI@siseminSep 20
Following Russia’s decision to temporarily restrict movement in some areas near the Estonian border, the situation across Estonia’s eastern border remains calm. Estonian authorities are monitoring developments closely and remain vigilant.
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@SkyNewsSep 19
With the threat from Russia rising in the real world, a new series from Sky brings together former ministers and military chiefs to test what might happen if the UK faced an attack. Watch the new TV Show 'Wargame' on Sky and NOW from 21 September

Wargame: How will real political figures respond to a fake invasion?

With the threat from Russia rising in the real world, a new series from Sky tests what might happen if the UK faced an attack.

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Jompy@Jonpy99Sep 18
A new meme is born.
Clash Report
@clashreportSep 18
Putin casts online vote in Russia’s State Duma elections.
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Jompy@Jonpy99Sep 17
More deliveries abroad of newly manufactured Russian kit.
La souris@La_souris_DASep 17
[Biélorussie] À l'occasion de la Journée de l'unité nationale, une cérémonie a été organisée pour remettre de nouveaux véhicules blindés de transport de troupes BTR-82A aux membres de la 38e brigade aéroportée de la Garde indépendante. (c) Modmilby
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”The crisis’s origins lie in the brief and surreal strategic climate that followed the Cold War. Western governments naively mistook a fleeting peace dividend for a permanent world order. The documentary record is remarkably candid. NATO’s 1997 Founding Act declared that NATO and Russia no longer considered one another adversaries. In two years, the last generation of Soviet intelligence scorched Chechnya and seized power by offering then President Boris Yeltsin a safe retreat from power. The European Union’s 2003 Security Strategy later judged large-scale aggression against a member state ’improbable.’” @ckasapoglu1 nationalinterest.org/feature…

The Real Cause of the Munitions Crisis

By failing to rebuild its defense industrial base after the Cold War, the US and its allies left themselves vulnerable to aggression.

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Ukraine Military Situation Report: September 16

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For those who believe Russia’s defence export is dead, think again. @ckasapoglu1 ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/416…

Russia offers war-tested drones and missiles for export – expert

Russia is turning the industrial and operational experience gained in the war against Ukraine into an increasingly competitive portfolio of defense products for export. — Ukrinform.

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"Russia is converting its industrial and operational experience gained in Ukraine – including mass-produced affordable munitions, cruise-missile-drone hybrids, and saturation attacks using mixed strike packages – into an increasingly competitive defense-export portfolio,"
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Russia presented some of its export products at the El Alamein International Airshow 2026, held in Egypt on September 8-10. "Russia dispatched its combat-tested drones and missiles to Egypt to promote them for export," Kasapoglu said.
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War on the Rocks
@WarOnTheRocksSep 4
What's really happening in the sky over the Russo-Ukrainian war? (Members Only) Listen here: warontherocks.com/episode/th…
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