I would like to make three points in updating my recent article—the original of which is included below.
First, the spokeswoman for the Israeli Defense Forces threatened Russian leaders. Anna Ukolova, apparently of Slavic, perhaps Russian heritage, warned that Russian authorities who “wish Israel ill” could be subject to “elimination.” At the same time, she implied Israel has the capability to hack into Russia’s closed-circuit television cameras to locate and track targets. Asked by a journalist from Russia’s RBC radio if Israel has access to Russian traffic cameras, Ukolova avoided answering directly and instead said: “Khamenei’s elimination shows our capabilities are serious” and that “no one who wishes us harm will be left aside.”
Second, Russian ally, Tajikistan, is producing drones and transporting them to northeastern Iran over ground through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, two states also close to Russia, though less so than Tajikistan. ……………..
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Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D., is an Expert Analyst at Corr Analytics, www.canalyt.com. Websites: Russian and Eurasian Politics, gordonhahn.com and gordonhahn.academia.edu
Dr. Hahn is the author of the new book: Russian Tselostnost’: Wholeness in Russian Thought, Culture, History, and Politics (Europe Books, 2022). He has authored five previous, well-received books: The Russian Dilemma: Security, Vigilance, and Relations with the West from Ivan III to Putin (McFarland, 2021); Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West, and the “New Cold War” (McFarland, 2018); The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond (McFarland, 2014), Russia’s Islamic Threat (Yale University Press, 2007), and Russia’s Revolution From Above: Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime, 1985-2000 (Transaction, 2002). He also has published numerous think tank reports, academic articles, analyses, and commentaries in both English and Russian language media.
Dr. Hahn taught at Boston, American, Stanford, San Jose State, and San Francisco State Universities and as a Fulbright Scholar at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia and was a senior associate and visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Kennan Institute in Washington DC, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group.