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The MEMRI Trending page highlights the most recent MEMRI research on significant world events. The page's section on the Russia-Ukraine crisis features the latest reports and clips from the RMSP, as well as content from MEMRI projects – the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM), the Domestic Terrorism Threat Monitor (DTTM), the South Asia Studies Project (SASP), and the Chinese Media Studies Project (CMSP), among others – of reactions around the world to the crisis.
Since the hostilities began, we have published 70 reports and 20 videos on this topic, from Russian, Arab, Iranian, and Chinese media and from the MEMRI JTTM and DTTM projects. Total reports and clips include:
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From Russian Media: 37
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From Arab Media: 11
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From Iranian Media: 7
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From Chinese Media: 6
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From South Asian Media: 3
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From The MEMRI JTTM Project: 22
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From The MEMRI DTTM Project: 8
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From The MEMRI Sermons Project: 3
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Total MEMRI TV clips: 20
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Clip views: over 3 million
The MEMRI RMSP, launched in 2016, publishes its analyses and translations from Russian into English and other languages, along with its analyses and translations from Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Urdu, and Pashto, in order to inform media, academia, legislatures, governments, and the public at large.
Over the last six years, the MEMRI RMSP has monitored, 24/7, topics including Russia's foreign and domestic policy: Russia-U.S. relations, anti-U.S. indoctrination, cyber war, the rising U.S.-Russia military tensions, Russia-China relations, Russia-Turkey relations, Russia-Iran relations, Russia-NATO relations, the Russia-U.S.-NATO clash over Ukraine, Russia's intervention in Syria, Russia's geopolitical interests, Russia's influence in Europe and its potential allies, Russia's return to the developing world including Latin America, Russia's vision of the post-coronavirus world, Russia's rivalry with the U.S. in the former Soviet republics and in the Arctic, and energy and arms shipments as force multipliers of Russian diplomacy.
On the Russian domestic front, MEMRI has reported regularly on the regime's perception of itself and its domestic critics' perception of it; on the state of the Russian economy; and on the nature of the domestic opposition and the regime's efforts to throttle it.
RECENT REPORTS ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS
RUSSIA MEDIA STUDIES PROJECT REPORTS AND CLIPS:
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 367 - After Ten Years Of Anemic Economic Growth, Russia Faces A Deep Crisis Without Credible Means For Countering It - 03/09/22
Special Dispatch No. 9817 - Russian Baltic Expert Mezhevich Threatens Finland With Ukrainization And Demilitarization Should It Join NATO - 03/09/22
Special Dispatch No. 9816 - Arab Writers On Lessons Of War In Ukraine: U.S. Cannot Be Relied Upon; We Must Unite Into One Independent Political, Economic, Military Force - 03/09/22
Special Dispatch No. 9815 - Friday Sermon By Houthi Mufti Of Yemen Shams Al-Din Sharaf Al-Din: We Ask Allah To Make The Violence In Ukraine Fierce; We Need Weapons, UAVs, Ballistic Missiles To Be Taken Seriously By The West - 03/09/22
Special Dispatch No. 9814 - Palestinian Historian Ghassan Weshah: The War Between Russia And Ukraine Is Small Compared To The 1956 Suez War Which Changed The World Order; This War Will Spell The Collapse Of U.S., Israel - 03/08/22
Special Dispatch No. 9812 - Russian Orthodox Protodeacon Kuraev Slams Moscow Patriarchate For Enflaming Religious Differences In Backing For War - 03/08/22
No. 9418 - Jordan-Based Egyptian Islamic Scholar Zaghloul Al-Naggar: Zelensky Is a Zionist Extremist; Non-Religious World Leaders Are Crazy, Will Use Nuclear Weapons - 03/05/22
No. 9414 - Iraqi Political Analyst Ali Al-Shammari: Crimea And Much Of Ukraine Are Islamic Lands; According To The Shari'a, Muslims Should Strive To Regain Them - 03/06/22
Special Dispatch 9809 - Putin Claims Ukraine 'Special Operation' Will Not Require Draftees And Reservists Or The Imposition Of Martial Law In Russia – 03/07/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9808 - Russian Interview With Political Scientist Solovey — Part II: Putin Is Destroying Everything That Has Been Built Since The Fall Of The Soviet Union, Including His Own Achievements – 03/06/2022
MEMRI Daily Brief No.365 - Lessons Learned By Friend And Foe From Putin's Debacle – 03/02/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9806 - Russian Professor Valery Solovey: Putin's Mistaken Invasion Will Accelerate Processes Leading To His Ouster – 03/04/2022
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 366 - The West Should Not Abandon Central Asia To Russia – 03/03/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9804 - Russian Interview With Parents Of Two MIA Soldiers Sheds Light On Russian Army's Treatment Of Recruits – 03/03/2022
MTV Clip No. 9405 - Russian FM Sergey Lavrov On Al-Jazeera: The West Is Responsible For The Ukraine Crisis – NATO Expanded Eastward, America Placed Bio-Military Labs In Ukraine; Biden Surely Knows That A Third World War Would Be Nuclear – 03/02/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9802 - Russian Blogger 'El Murid' Assesses: 'It Is Already Obvious That The Myth Of A Powerful Russian Army Has Been Dispelled' – 02/02/2022
MTV Clip No. 9403 - Russian Economist Valentin Katasonov: America Besieged Russia By Placing Bio-Labs In Surrounding Countries; The Goal Of Russia's Operation In Ukraine Is To Eliminate These Labs – 02/28/2022
MTV Clip No. 9399 - Russian Ambassador To Egypt Georgiy Borisenko: Ukrainians Are Celebrating The Arrival Of Russian Troops; The 'Neo-Nazi' Zelensky Regime Is Subservient To America, NATO – 02/27/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9799 - Assad Regime Expresses Unreserved Support For Russia In Ukraine War; 'Our Enemy Is The Same' - 03/01/22
MTV Clip No. 9400 - Luna Chebel, Advisor To Syrian President: We Support The Russian Operation; Sanctions Only Hurt The West; Once Russia Wins, The West Will Come Running Back – 02/28/2022
Special Dispatch No. 9800 - Confidential NATO, U.S. Responses To Russian Demand For Security Guarantees, Known As 'Putin's Ultimatum,' Prior To Invasion Of Ukraine – 03/01/2022
No. 9396 - Russian Ambassador To Iraq Elbrus Kutrashev: The U.S. Is Behind All World Crises, Including Ukraine War; Sanctions Prove West's Unwillingness To Use Forceful Measures; Iran Is Our Ally, We Participate In Developing Its Nuclear Project - 02/27/22
Special Dispatch No. 9798 - Columnists In Arab Press: Putin Is Behaving Like Hitler While The West Stands Helplessly By - 02/28/22
Special Dispatch No. 9797 - Editor Of Saudi Daily: In Light Of The Western Policy In The Current Crisis, Ukraine Can Be Forgiven For Thinking, 'With Friends Like These – Who Needs Enemies?' - 02/28/22
Special Dispatch No. 9796 - Russian Opposition To The Ukraine War: The Expected And The Unexpected - 02/28/22
No. 9393 – Hizbullah Officials On Russia-Ukraine War: American Minions In Lebanon Should Learn This Lesson – America Abandons Those Who Cooperate With It – 02/25/22
No. 9390 – Former Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin on Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russia’s Goal is to Demilitarize Ukraine and “Remove Nazism” – 02/27/22
No. 9389 – Protestors Against War With Ukraine Arrested In Moscow: Woman Arrested For Throwing Molotov Cocktail – 02/25/22
Special Dispatch No. 9795 – Putin's Critics Both Motivated And Chastened By Threat Of Nuclear Weapons In Current Crisis – 02/27/22
No. 9387 – Moscow Demonstrations Against War In Ukraine: "No To The War!" – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9794 – Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: It Is Not Just About 'Restoring The Territorial Integrity' Of The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) And Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), It Is About 'Ukraine's Liberation' – 02/25/22
Special Dispatch No. 9793 – Arab Press Cartoons On Russian Invasion Of Ukraine – 02/25/22
Special Dispatch No. 9791 – Russia Contemplates The Price Of Its Ukraine Policy – 02/25/22
Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1628 – Ukrainian Crisis: The Russian Point Of View – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9790 – Ukrainian President Zelensky: 'Russia Treacherously And Self-Destructively Attacked Our State... Just Like Nazi Germany Did During WWII' – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9789 – Putin's 'Special Operation' Makes It Clear That NATO, Rather Than Donetsk, Is The Issue – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9788 – Russian Academic Vitaly Naumkin: We Can Withstand Any Western Sanctions; Syria Is Free To Liberate The Golan Heights, Russia Will Not Do So On Its Behalf – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9786 – Anti-Liberal Russian Philosopher Dugin: 'Glory To Novorossiya! The Second Great Slavic Reconquista Has Begun' – 02/23/22
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 363 – Mister Hemedti Goes To Moscow – 02/23/22
Special Dispatch No. 9781 – Russian Recognition Of Breakaway Republics Has Numerous Drawbacks; Is Putin Hunting For Bigger Game? – 02/22/22
MEMRI Daily Brief No. 362 – An Independent And European Ukraine Is A Humiliation For Putin – 02/21/22
Special Dispatch No. 9779 – Russia Publicly Exhorts Europe To Form A Foreign Policy Independent Of The U.S., But The Russian Attitude Towards Europe Is Condescending And Disrespectful – 02/21/22
Special Dispatch No. 9777 – Russian Daily 'Kommersant': Russia's Gains From The Current Crisis Are Mostly On Paper, The Adverse Effects Are Of An Immediate Practical Nature – 02/17/22
Special Dispatch No. 9772 – Ultraconservative Retired Russian General Opposes War With Ukraine That Will Make Russia And Ukraine Enemies Forever – 02/15/22
Special Dispatch No. 9769 – Putin On Ukraine: Our Security Is Our Priority; NATO Expansion Is Unacceptable, An Attempt To Divide Russia; How Would America React If We Put Missiles On Its Border With Canada? – 02/14/22
No. 9385 – Russian Diplomat Andrey Baklanov: German Defense Minister Should Not Lecture Russia, We Were the Victims of Nazi Germany; “Fascist” Ukrainian Regime Is a Threat to Russia Because It Is Seeking to Obtain Nuclear Weapons – 02/24/22
No. 9376 – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Miqdad Comes Out In Support Of Russia: The Crisis In Ukraine Is Western Escalation Against Russia In An Attempt To Prevent It from Fulfilling Its Role In Constructing Global Policies – 02/20/22
No. 9364 – Russian TV Host Dmitry Kiselyov Compares Ukraine-Russia Tensions To Leadup To 2008 Georgia-Russia War: Provocations From Ukraine May Come At Any Moment – 01/30/22
CHINA MEDIA STUDIES PROJECT REPORTS AND CLIPS:
No. 9419 - Popular Chinese Pundit Sima Nan: The West's "Fancy Tricks" against Russia in Ukraine May Eventually Be Used in Taiwan against China; Foreign Volunteers Might Just Be NATO Soldiers Fighting as "Mercenaries" - 03/01/22
No. 9416 - Chinese Journalist Li Gang On Arabic-Language Chinese Network: If Taiwan Fails To Learn From America's Betrayal Of Ukraine And Afghanistan, It Will Become Cannon Fodder For U.S. Policy In The Region - 03/08/22
No. 9397 - Prominent Chinese Journalist Hu Xijin On Ukraine War: Putin Must Remember He Cannot Defeat The West And The West Must Remember Russia Is A Nuclear Power – It Would Be Unwise For Either Side To Seek Absolute Victory - 02/28/22
No. 9392 – Chinese FM Spokesperson Hua Chunying On Ukraine, U.S., And Taiwan: U.S. Is The Culprit Behind Ukraine Conflict, Must Not Harm Chinese Interests In Handling The Issue; Taiwan Cannot Be Compared To Ukraine – 02/25/22
Special Dispatch No. 9783 – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi: 'Sovereignty, Independence And Territorial Integrity... Should Be Respected... And That Applies Equally To Ukraine'; 'Russia's Reasonable Security Concerns Should Be Taken Seriously' – 02/23/22
No. 9375 – Chinese Journalist Li Gang On Arabic-Language CGTN Network: U.S. Does Not Want To Resolve Russia-Ukraine Crisis, But To Drive A Wedge Between Russia And Europe – 02/18/22
IRAN THREAT MONITOR PROJECT REPORTS AND CLIPS:
Special Dispatch 9807 - Reactions In Iran To Russia-Ukraine War – Supreme Leader Khamenei: "The Root Of The Crisis Is America"; Majlis Members: The War Shows 'We Must Insist On The Nuclear Rights Of The Iranian People… So Iran Will Be Strong, With Military And Nuclear Might' – 03/07/2022
MTV No. 9410 - Iranian International Affairs Expert Farshid Bagherian: Russia Has A Hit List Of 14,000 Ukrainian Nazi Terrorists — Getting Rid Of Them Has Not Been An Easy Task; They Are Real Nazis, Not Mere Neo-Nazis – 03/03/2022
Special Reports - Telegram Outlet Affiliated With Iran-Backed Militias: May "Mother Russia" Destroy NATO's "Militias" - 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Hizbullah Brigades: One Should Not Support Either Side In The Ukraine War; It Will Take A Miracle For Russia To Win – 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – On Telegram, Channels Supporting Iran-Backed Militias Capitalize On Russian Invasion Of Ukraine To Criticize U.S. Foreign Policy – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
No. 9391 – Friday Sermon in Garmeh, Iran, by Abolghasem Tatari: Ukraine Had Trusted the West, Agreed to Nuclear Disarmament and Oversight, but Did Not Receive the Protection Promised by U.S., Europe – 02/25/22
Special Reports – Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Supports Russian Recognition Of Independence Of Separatist Regions In Ukraine; Iran-Backed Militias: We Support Putin, U.S. Abandoned Ukraine As It Does All Its Agents – 02/22/22 [subscribers only]
SOUTH ASIA STUDIES PROJECT REPORTS:
Taliban Jihadi Organization 'Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan' Calls For 'Restraint By Both Parties' In Ukraine War – 02/25/22
Special Reports – Egyptian Author Who Writes For Afghan Taliban Magazine Accuses Israel Of Staging The War On Ukraine To Manipulate The Global Energy Market – 02/24/22
Special Dispatch No. 9785 – Reactions In Indian And Pakistani Newspapers About Russia's Escalation Of The Ukrainian Crisis And The Stakes For South Asian Countries – 02/23/22
SERMONS BY IMAMS IN THE WEST PROJECT CLIPS:
Special Dispatch No. 9818 - Texas Imam Yasir Qadhi: Why Is A Ukrainian Soldier Who Blew Himself Up To Prevent Russians from Crossing A Bridge Presented As A 'Martyr' By The Media? In Any Other Circumstances He Would Be Portrayed As A Suicide Bomber - 03/09/22
No. 9388 – Michigan Friday Sermon By Shi'ite-American Imam Hassan Qazwini: The West, U.S. Are Hypocrites — They Condemn Russian Human Rights Violations In Ukraine, But Not Israeli, Saudi Violations In Palestine, Yemen – 02/25/22
JIHAD AND TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR REPORTS:
Special Reports - Pro-Al-Qaeda Jihadi Ideologue Criticizes Calls From Muslim World To Halt Ukraine War, Hopes The Two Sides Destroy Each Other - 03/08/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports - HTS Cleric Calls On Ukrainian Muslims To Form Political Body To Fight Russia, Safeguard Muslim Interests In Post-War Ukraine - 03/07/22 [subscribers only]
Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Media Publishes Poster Accusing The West Of Double Standards For Allowing Foreign Fighters To Support Ukraine - 03/07/22 [subscribers only]
In Interview With American Jihadi Reporter Bilal Abdul Kareem, Former Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Moazzam Begg Accuses UK Of Labeling Muslims Who Fight Occupying Forces As Terrorists While Allowing Its Non-Muslim Citizens To Fight In Ukraine – 03/04/2022 [subscribers only]
ISIS Editorial: Russia-Ukraine War Is An Internal Christian War, A Manifestation Of Allah's Will – 03/04/2022 [subscribers only]
Jihadis Discuss Ruling On Deploying Mujahideen To Fight Russia In Ukraine – 03/03/2022 [subscribers only]
Russian Consulate In Basra Thanks Iraqis Who Applied To Join Fight In Ukraine Alongside Russian Forces; Pro-Iran Media Outlet Celebrates Pro-Putin Billboard In Baghdad – 03/03/2022 [subscribers only]
Article On Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram Channel: Unlike The U.S., Russia Isn't Waging A Religious War Against The Muslims; It's In The Muslim Interest For The War To Continue For A Long Time – 03/03/2022 [subscribers only]
Special Reports - British Pro-ISIS Preacher Lambasts West For Having Double Standards In Supporting Ukrainian Resistance But Ignoring Palestinian, Muslim Plight - 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Hizbullah-Affiliated Website: In Upcoming War On Israel, The Resistance Axis Should Follow Russia's Tactics For Invading Ukraine – 03/01/2022
Lebanese Hizbullah-Owned News Site: U.S. Manufactured Ukraine Crisis To Trap Russia And Create Tension Between Russia And Iran – 03/01/2022 [subscribers only]
Special Reports - On Facebook And Twitter, Jihadis In The West React To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine; Michigan-Based Jihadi Cleric Ahmad Musa Jibril States: 'Both Ukraine & Russia Have Muslim Blood On Their Hands, May Allah Destroy Both' - 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Salafi-Jihadis Urge Muslims In Ukraine, Russia To Exploit Conflict To Wage Jihad And Kill "Crusaders" – 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Opponents Of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS): Ukraine War Disproves HTS Claim That Russian Army Is Powerful, Which It Used To Justify Its Treachery – 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Syria-Based Jihadi Clerics Side With Ukraine Against Russia, Pray For Russia's Defeat – 02/28/22 [subscribers only]
Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Cleric Accuses West Of Hypocrisy For Permitting Foreign Fighters To Come To Aid Of Ukraine – 02/27/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – British Pro-ISIS Preacher Condemns Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine: Solution Is Not In NATO Or With Russia But Rather In Islam – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Pro-Al-Qaeda Jihadi Ideologue Denounces Chechen Fighters Allegedly Participating In Russian Invasion Of Ukraine, Warns Against Supporting 'Putin The Tyrant,' Or 'Zelensky The Jewish-Israeli Tyrant' – 02/25/22
Special Reports – Salafi-Jihadis Celebrate Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine, Describe It As A Golden Opportunity For Mujahideen Worldwide, Particularly In Syria – 02/24/22
Special Reports – Online Jihadis: European Position On Russia-Ukraine Crisis Is Shaped By Shared Economic Interests With Russia, U.S. 'Defeat' In Afghanistan – 02/22/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Syria-Based Jihadi Clerics Predict Russian Military Involvement In Syria Will Escalate Following Invasion Of Eastern Ukraine, Hope Mujahideen In Syria Will Defeat Russian Forces – 02/22/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Jihadis On Social Media Call For Non-Western Muslims To Exploit U.S. Involvement In Russia-Ukraine Crisis To Topple Regimes, Cause U.S. Collapse – 02/15/22
DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR REPORTS:
Special Reports - Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries In Ukraine Call For Donations Via Cash And Cryptocurrency, White Supremacists And Neo-Nazis Globally Spread Donation Calls And Start Their Own Crowdfunding Campaigns - 03/08/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports - Russian Neo-Nazi Group Releases Recruitment Call - 03/08/22 [subscribers only]
American, Canadian, European, And Australian Neo-Nazis And White Supremacists Among Foreign Volunteers Joining Ukrainian Paramilitary Groups To Fight Russian Forces – 03/02/2022 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Scandinavian Neo-Nazi Social Media Account Promotes Fundraiser For Ukrainian Ultranationalist, Neo-Nazi Group – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Polish Neo-Fascist Group Publishes Interview With Ultranationalist Who Calls For Polish-Ukrainian Coordination Against Russia – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Neo-Nazi 'Wagner Group' Of Russian Mercenaries Claim To Be Fighting In Ukraine – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – Antisemitic Pro-Ukrainian, Pro-Azov Battalion Social Media Account Seeks Donations Via Bank Transfer, Shares Group's Military Actions – 02/25/22 [subscribers only]
Special Reports – International Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists React To Russia-Ukraine Tensions, Claiming The Conflict Is Orchestrated By Jews; Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Recruit Foreign Fighters, Offer Combat Training To Civilians In Preparation For Resisting Russian Invasion – 02/16/22 [subscribers only]
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