Russia and Eurasia
Compared to a decade ago, Russia has clearly made substantial progress in transforming its military into an efficient fighting force. A new report from FOI forecasts a consolidation of Russian military capability towards 2029, with several implications for international security.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council of Russia, in the Kremlin on October 26, 2019. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / TASS / Sipa USA)
RUFS covers the following aspects of developments in Russia and the former Soviet Union:
- Russian domestic and foreign policy
- Russian threat assessment and security policy decision-making
- The Russian Armed Forces, including weapons of mass destruction
- The Russian defence industry and research and development
- Russian economic development and defence economy
- Russian energy policy
- Developments in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Caucasus and Central Asia
RUFS’ primary client is the Swedish Ministry of Defence. Every two or three years, the project conducts a ten-year assessment of Russian military capability. In the interim it carries out in-depth studies in the areas mentioned above.
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