Reports and Memos Russia and Eurasia
Below is a selection of reports and memos relating to Russia and Eurasia which have been published in recent years within the project and/or other related projects at FOI. Publications which do not have a link can be ordered via the Registry at FOI.
2025
- Kristina Melin, Russia’s Updated Basic Principles for Nuclear Deterrence A Broom for All Corners?, FOI Memo 8829
 External link. - Maria Engqvist, Perspectives on Russian Railway Resilience: A Strategic Outlook for 2025 and Beyond, FOI Memo 8833
 External link. - Aron Lund, Effekter av en rysk-ukrainsk vapenvila på marinnärvaron i Svarta havet, FOI Memo 8818
 External link. - Emma-Lina Löflund, Ukraine's Law on Mobilisation: Positive Effects and Remaining Dilemmas, FOI Memo 8786
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- Tomas Malmlöf, A New Strategy for Russian Science - Game changer or more of the same?, FOI Memo 8674
 External link. - Pär Gustafsson Kurki, Putin's Patriotic Agenda at War: Guns, God, Sport, and Roubles, FOI-R--5644--SE
 External link. - Carolina Vendil Pallin, Russia's cyber preparedness at home
 External link., FOI-R--5611--SE - Ismail Khan and Erika Holmquist, Isolated together: Russian-Iranian Military Cooperation, FOI Memo 8528
 External link. - Johan Norberg, What professionals think about military exercises, FOI Memo 8492
 External link. - Maria Engqvist Carolina Vendil Pallin Emil Wannheden Kristina Melin Tomas Malmlöf Jonas Kjellén, Russian Military Capabilities at War: Reflections on Methodology and Sources Post-2022, FOI-R--5502--SE
 External link. - Pär Gustafsson Kurki, Apostles of Violence: The Russian-Orthodox Church's Role in Russian Militarism, FOI-R--5514--SE
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- Pär Gustafsson Kurki, The Russian Understanding of Soldier Morale: Essentials of key ideas from the 1990s to 2022 
 External link. - Maria Engqvist, Emil Wannheden, Johan Engvall, Carl Michael Gräns, Tobias Junerfält, Ismail Khan, Jonas Kjellén, Tomas Malmlöf, Kristina Melin, Johan Norberg, Carolina Vendil Pallin, Russia᾽s War Against Ukraine and the West: The First Year. FOI-R--5479--SE 
 External link. - Jonas Kjellén, Bringing the soldier back in - Russian military manning, manpower, and mobilisation in the light of Russia´s war in Ukraine
 External link. - Khan Ismail, The Aerial War Against Ukraine - The First Six Months FOI Memo 8133.
 External link. - Gudrun Persson, Fredlig samexistens mellan Ryssland och Europa – är det möjligt? FOI Memo 8081
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- Oxenstierna Susanne, Wannheden Emil. The Russian economy and military expenditure in light of the war in Ukraine and economic sanctions. FOI Memo 8023
 - Engqvist Maria. A Railhead Too Far: The Strategic Role of Railroads during Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. 
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FOI Memo 7954
 External link. - Vendil Pallin Carolina. Rysslands inte så suveräna internet och kriget i Ukraina. FOI Memo 7925
 - Engqvist Maria. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation. FOI Memo 7845
 - Oxenstierna Susanne, Johnson Andreas. How tough are the sanctions on Russia? FOI Memo 7842
 - Oxenstierna Susanne, Johnson Andreas. Sanktioner mot Ryssland. FOI Memo 7819
 
2021
- Vendil Pallin Carolina, Gustafsson Pär, Engvall Engvall. Framtid med förhinder: Rysk teknisk FoU till 2030. FOI-R--5204--SE
 - Vendil Pallin Carolina, Engqvist Maria, Oxenstierna Susanne. Röstningen till Rysslands parlament 2021 – Underliggande trender och konsekvenser. FOI Memo 7668
 - Malmlöf Tomas. Russian Naval Shipbuilding - Market and Industrial Structure. FOI-R--5183--SE
 External link. - Gustafsson Pär. Russia´s ambitions in the Arctic towards 2035. FOI Memo 7624
 
- Oxenstierna Susanne. Russia and the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic and social consequences. FOI-R--5160--SE
 External link. - Parkman Smirnova Elin. Who´s afraid of Nizhny Tagil? Protest potential in industrial Russia FOI Memo 7551
 - Engqvist Maria. Why Russia´s National Projects Went Out in the Cold. FOI Memo 7531
 - Weidacher Hsiung Christopher. China’s Evolving Security Alignment with Russia – Content, Motivations and Future Prospects. FOI Memo 7540
 - Engvall Johan. Russia's Military R&D Infrastructure: A Primer. FOI-R--5124--SE
 - Vendil Pallin Carolina, Hjelm Mattias. Moscow´s digital offensive: Building sovereignty in cyberspace. FOI Memo 7521
 - Hedenskog Jakob, Jud Petra. Lawfare: Ukraine´s War against Russia on the Legal Front. FOI Memo 7516
 - Westerlund Fredrik. The role of the military in Putin´s foreign policy: An overview of current research. FOI-R--5070--SE
 - Kjellén Jonas. The Russian Baltic Fleet – Organisation and role within the Armed Forces in 2020. FOI-R--5119--SE
 - Gustafsson Pär. Metod för framtida motståndarbeskrivning: Tillämpning på rysk militär förmåga 2045. FOI-R--5095--SE
 
- Hedenskog Jakob. "Russia's relations with Africa" in Bonnier, Evelina and Hedenskog, Jakob. The United States and Russia in Africa: A survey of US and Russian political, economic and military-security relations with Africa. FOI-R--5039--SE
 - Engqvist Maria. Rysslands nationella hälsovårdsprojekt: en fallstudie av maktens vertikal. FOI-R--4965--SE (In Swedish)
 - Hedenskog Jakob, Lund Aron, Norberg Johan. The End of the Second Karabakh War: New realities in the South Caucasus. FOI Memo 7405.
 - Malmlöf Tomas. "Direktinvesteringar Ryssland", i Petersson Magnus (red) et al. Utländska direktinvesteringar i skyddsvärda verksamheter: en studie av risker, branscher och investerare. FOI-R--5069--SE (In Swedish)
 - Persson Gudrun. Rysk kärnvapendoktrin - oförutsägbarheten stadfäst. FOI Memo 7332 (In Swedish)
 - Vendil Pallin Carolina. Nyckelaktörerna för rysk cyberstrategi: 2000-2020. FOI-R--5025--SE (In Swedish)
 - Hedenskog Jakob, Hjelm Mattias. Propaganda by Proxy: Ukrainian oligarchs, TV and Russia's influence. FOI Memo 7312
 - Persson Gudrun. ”Kris och pandemi utmanar Ryssland”, i Mittermaier, Granholm och Veibäck (red) Perspektiv på pandemin: Inledande analys och diskussion av beredskapsfrågor i ljuset av coronakrisen 2020 , FOI-R—4992 --SE (In Swedish)
 - Hedenskog Jakob.The Belarus-Russia Union State: Troubled Integration in Pandemic Elections. FOI Memo 7168
 - Persson Gudrun, Vendil Pallin Carolina, Engqvist Maria. Ryssland ändrar grundlagen - innehåll och konsekvenser. FOI Memo 7091 (In Swedish)
 - Engqvist, Maria. Ryska federationens Säkerhetsråd - överblick och bedömning.FOI Memo 7090 (In Swedish)
 - Gustafsson Pär. Nationella försvarsledningscentret i Ryssland: Att leda försvaret eller styra landet? FOI Memo 7066 (In Swedish)
 - Hedenskog, Jakob. Russia and international cooperation on counter-terrorism: From the Chechen Wars to the Syria Campaign.FOI-R--4916--SE
 - Oxenstierna, Susanne, Westerlund Fredrik, Persson Gudrun, Kjellén Jonas, Norberg Johan, Hedenskog Jakob, Malmlöf Tomas, Goliath Martin, Engvall Johan, Dahlqvist Nils. Rysk militär förmåga i ett tioårsperspektiv - 2019. FOI-R--4752--SE (In Swedish)
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- Oxenstierna, Susanne, Westerlund Fredrik, Persson Gudrun, Kjellén Jonas, Norberg Johan, Hedenskog Jakob, Malmlöf Tomas, Goliath Martin, Engvall Johan, Dahlqvist Nils. Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective - 2019. FOI-R--4758--SE
 - Rudnik Alesia. Belarus defends sovereignty: getting out of the Russian media siege, FOI Memo 6773
 External link.. RUFS Briefing No 46. - Hedenskog Jakob. Ukraine: The new president calls for snap elections, but will they change anything? FOI Memo 6774
 External link.. RUFS Briefing No 45. - Hedenskog Jakob, Holmquist Erika, Norberg Johan. Security in Central Asia: Russian policy and military posture, FOI-R--4756--SE
 External link. - Engvall Johan. OSCE and Military Confidence-Building in Crisis, FOI-R--4750--SE
 External link. - Malmlöf Tomas. Russian machine tool industry - Prospects for a turnaround?, FOI-R--4635--SE
 External link. - Dahlqvist Nils. Russia's (not so) Private Military Companies, FOI Memo 6653. RUFS Briefing No 44
 
- Hedenskog Jakob. Russia is stepping up its military cooperation in Africa, FOI MEMO 6604
 External link. - Kjellén Jonas. Rysslands ständiga marina närvaro i Medelhavet. FOI Memo 6569. (In Swedish)
 - Rossbach H. Niklas. The Geopolitics of Russian energy. FOI-R--4623--SE
 - Norberg Johan. Training for War – Russia’s Strategic-level Military Exercises 2009–2017, FOI-R--4627--SE
 - Kjellén Jonas. Russian Electronic Warfare. The role of Electronic Warfare in the Russian Armed Forces, FOI-R--4625--SE
 - Norberg Johan. Vostok-2018: about the Russian military´s brain, not its muscles. FOI Memo 6470. RUFS Briefing No 43
 - Hedenskog Jakob. The Feasibility of a UN Peacekeeping mission in Donbas, FOI Memo 6437
 - Engvall Johan, Persson Gudrun, Dalsjö Robert, Winnerstig Mike, Vendil Pallin Carolina. Conventional Arms Control - A Way Forward or Wishful Thinking?, FOI-R--4586--SE
 - Hedenskog Jakob, Holmquist Erika & Norberg Johan. Security in the Caucasus: Russian policy and military posture, FOI-R--4567--SE
 - Hedenskog Jakob & Engvall Johan. Utvecklingen i Centralasien: En lägesuppdatering, FOI-D--0810--SE
 - Malmlöf Tomas. Russia's New Armament Programme - Leaner and Meaner. FOI Memo 6365. RUFS Briefing No 42
 
- Russia Before the Presidential Election 2018: Stable instability. FOI Memo 6297. RUFS Briefing No 41
 - Jonas Kjellén. Telekrigföringens roll inom Rysslands Väpnade Styrkor: En analys av ryska definitioner, FOI-D--0802--SE
 - Susanne Oxenstierna & Jakob Hedenskog. Ukraine’s economic reforms. Prospects of sustainability, FOI-R—4472—SE
 - Tomas Malmlöf. Rysk materielförsörjning fram till 2035: En analys av nyanskaffning och uppgradering av befintlig materiel, FOI-D--0795--SE
 - Jan Åkerberg. Ryska arméflyget 2016: utveckling av helikopterförbandens materiel, organisation och förmåga, FOI-D--0789--SE
 - Carolina Vendil Pallin & Susanne Oxenstierna. Russian Think Tanks and Soft Power, FOI-R--4451--SE
 - Thomas Malmlöf. Nutid och framtid för rysk försvarsindustri, FOI Memo 6085
 - Fredrik Westerlund. Russia’s Military Strategy and Force Structure in Kaliningrad. FOI Memo 6060
 Pdf, 64.5 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 40 - Jakob Hedenskog. After Saint Petersburg: Belarus-Russian Relations Back on Track? FOI Memo 6049. RUFS Briefing No. 39
 - Carolina Vendil Pallin. Rysslands Direktorat för inrikespolitik och dess roll i presidentvalet 2018, FOI Memo 6018
 - Gudrun Persson (ed.), Jakob Hedenskog, Tomas Malmlöf, Johan Norberg, Susanne Oxenstierna, Roger Roffey, Carolina Vendil Pallin, Fredrik Westerlund. Rysk militär förmåga i ett tioårsperspektiv - 2016, FOI-R--4367--SE
 
- Gudrun Persson, ed. Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective. FOI-R--4326--SE
 External link. - Eugene Kogan. Armenia: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place. FOI Memo 5937
 Pdf, 54.9 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 38 - Jakob Hedenskog. Regional implications of the elections in Moldova and Georgia. FOI Memo 5914. RUFS Briefing No. 37
 - Richard Connolly. Economic and Technological Constraints on Russia’s Naval Ambitions. FOI Memo 5851
 Pdf, 48.2 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 36 - Adriana Lins de Albuquerque & Jakob Hedenskog. Moldova: A Defence Sector Reform Assessment., FOI-R--4350--SE
 - Adriana Lins de Albuquerque & Jakob Hedenskog. Georgia: A Defence Sector Reform Assessment., FOI-R--4306--SE
 - Roger Roffey. Russia´s EMERCOM: Managing emergencies and political credibility, FOI-R--4269--SE
 External link. - Jakob Hedenskog & Kaan Korkmaz. The Interests of Russia and Turkey in the Nagorno-Karabakh. FOI Memo 5693. RUFS Briefing No. 35
 - Märta Carlsson & Mike Winnerstig. Irreconcilable Differences: Analysing the Deteriorating Russian-US relations, FOI-R--4276--SE
 - Erika Holmquist. Challenges abound for Tajikistan. FOI Memo 5640
 Pdf, 360.7 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 34 - A weakened Moldova enters the Russian orbit. FOI Memo 5608. RUFS Briefing No 33
 - Julian Cooper. Russia's state armament programme to 2020: a quantitative assessment of implementation 2011–2015, FOI-R--4239--SE
 
- Hiroshi Yamazoe. The Prospects and Limits of the Russia-China Partnership. FOI Memo 5510. RUFS Briefing No. 32
 - Adriana Lins De Albuquerque, Jakob Hedenskog. Ukraine: A Defence Sector Reform Assessment. FOI-R--4157--SE
 - Roger McDermott. Russia's Strategic Mobility and its Military Deployment in Syria. FOI Memo 5453. RUFS Briefing No. 31
 - Johan Norberg. Training to fight. FOI-R--4128--SE
 - Jakob Hedenskog. The Presidential Elections in Belarus in the context of the Ukrainian Crisis. FOI Memo 5422. RUFS Briefing No. 30
 - Jakob Hedenskog. Utvecklingen i EU:s östra närområde. FOI-R--4132--SE
 - Robert Dalsjö, Kaan Korkmaz och Gudrun Persson. Örnen, Björnen och Draken: Militärt tänkande i tre stormakter. FOI-R--4103--SE
 - Susanne Oxenstierna och Per Olsson. The economic sanctions against Russia. FOI-R--4097--SE, september 2015
 - Gudrun Persson. Russian Strategic Deterrence - Beyond the Brinkmanship? FOI Memo 5398. RUFS Briefing No. 29
 - Jakob Hedenskog and Erika Holmquist. The threat of the Islamic State to Russia's North Caucasus and Central Asia. FOI Memo 5383. RUFS Briefing No. 28
 - Martin Lundmark och Susanne Oxenstierna. Försvarsupphandling och ekonomisk effektivitet: Sammanfattning av resultaten av en teoretisk förstudie. FOI Memo 5381
 - Märta Carlsson, Susanne Oxenstierna och Mikael Weissmann. China and Russia – A Study on Cooperation, Competition and Distrust. FOI-R--4087--SE
 - Margarete Klein (SWP). Ukraine's volunteer battalions- advantages and challenges. FOI Memo 5312. RUFS Briefing No. 27
 - Ulrik Franke. War by non-military means: Understanding Russian information warfare. FOI-R--4065--SE
 - Erika Holmquist. Kazakhstan after Crimea: 'you cannot choose your neighbours'. FOI Memo 5246. RUFS Briefing No. 26
 
- Gudrun Persson and Carolina Vendil Pallin. Putin's Annual Address: "We are strong and we believe in ourselves". FOI Memo 5175. RUFS Briefing No.25
 - Mike Winnerstig (ed.). Tools of Destabilization: Russian Soft Power and Non-military Influence in the Baltic States. Stockholm, FOI-R--3990—SE
 - Carina Lamont. What is War? Ukraine and the legal definition of war. FOI Memo 5075. RUFS Briefing No. 24
 - Roger Roffey. Climate change and natural disasters. A challenge for Russian policymakers, FOI-R--3874--SE
 - Johan Norberg, Erika Holmquist (eds). ISAF's withdrawal from Afghanistan- Central Asian perspectives on regional security. FOI-R--3880--SE
 - Jakob Hedenskog, Gudrun Persson, Carolina Vendil Pallin, Johan Norberg, Fredrik Westerlund, Ulrik Franke, Märta Carlsson, Tomas Malmlöv och Susanne Oxenstierna. A Rude Awakening: Ramifications of Russian Aggression Towards Ukraine, FOI-R--3892--SE av Niklas Granholm, Johannes Malminen och Gudrun Persson (red)
 - Mikael Eriksson. West´s Sanctions against Russia: Grand Strategy in the Making? FOI Memo 4933. RUFS Briefing No. 23
 - Johan Norberg and Fredrik Westerlund. Russia and Ukraine: military-strategic options, and possible risks, for Moscow. FOI Memo 4904. RUFS Briefing No. 22
 - Jakob Hedenskog. Ukraine returns to violence: Squaring off at the EuroMaidan? FOI Memo 4847
 Pdf, 66.6 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 21 - Oxenstierna, Susanne. The Russian Economy: Can Growth be Restored within the Economic System?, FOI-R--3876--SE
 
- Stephen Blank. Russian Military Policy in Asia - A Study in Paradox. FOI Memo 4580
 Pdf, 89.3 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 20 - Gudrun Persson. Russian History - A Matter of National Security. FOI Memo 4542
 Pdf, 101.5 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 19 - Hedenskog, Jakob och Vendil Pallin, Carolina (red.). Rysk militär förmåga i ett tioårsperspektiv - 2013, FOI-R--3733--SE
 - Per Enerud. Can the Kremlin Control the Cossacks? FOI Memo 4406
 Pdf, 87 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 18 - Oxenstierna, Susanne. Rysk energi och säkerhet fram till 2030, FOI-memo 4372
 - Johan Norberg. How some of Moscow's Middle East interests could create problems for Russia. FOI Memo 4362
 Pdf, 104.3 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 17 - Hedenskog, Jakob and Vendil Pallin, Carolina (eds). Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective – 2013, FOI-R--3734--SE
 - Cooper, Julian. Russian Military Expenditure: Data, Analysis and Issues, FOI-R--3688--SE
 - Norberg, Johan. High Ambitions, Harsh Realities: Gradually Building the CSTO’s Capacity for Military Intervention in Crises. FOI-R--3668--SE
 - McDermott, Roger N. Russia's Strategic Mobility: Supporting 'Hard Power' to 2020? FOI-R--3587--SE
 - Carlsson, Märta och Granholm, Niklas. Russia and the Arctic: Analysis and Discussion of Russian Strategies, FOI-R--3596--SE
 - Malmlöf, Tomas and Tejpar, Johan. Ett skepp kommer lastat: Ryska handelsflöden via Östersjön i ett tjugoårsperspektiv, FOI-R--3586--SE
 
- Ulrik Franke, Carolina Vendil Pallin. Russian Politics and the Internet in 2012, FOI-R-3590--SE
 - Carlsson, Märta. The Structure of Power- an Insight into the Russian Ministry of Defence, FOI-R--3571--SE
 - Hyodo, Shinji; Vendil Pallin, Carolina (eds.). Neighbourhood Watch: Japanese and Swedish perspectives on Russian security FOI-R--3519--SE
 - Nikolay Petrov. The October Elections in Russia as a Test for Putin’s Regime. FOI Memo 4142
 Pdf, 389.9 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 16 - Carolina Vendil Pallin. The Political Aftermath of Pussy Riot: A sowing of dragon’s teeth. FOI Memo 4132
 Pdf, 155.9 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 15 - Roger N. McDermott. SCO "Peace Mission" 2012 Promotes Security Myths. FOI Memo 4040
 Pdf, 153.1 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 14 - Johan Norberg. An Attack on the Iranian Nuclear Programme - some possible Russian considerations. FOI Memo 4039
 Pdf, 145 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 13 - Vendil Pallin, Carolina (ed). Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective - 2011, FOI-R--3474--SE
 - Roger N. McDermott. Putin 2.0: Redefining Russia's Military Priorities for the 21st Century. FOI Memo 3977
 Pdf, 145.4 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 12 - Lena Jonson. The Post-Putin Era Has Started. FOI Memo 3909
 Pdf, 131.2 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 11 - Carlsson, Märta. De ryska Marinstridskrafterna [The Russian Navy], FOI-Memo 3770
 - Roffey, Roger. The Russian Demographic and Health Situation, FOI R--3396--SE
 - Vendil Pallin, Carolina (eds.). Rysk militär förmåga i ett tioårsperspektiv - 2011, [ Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective - 2011], FOI-R--3404--SE
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. Rysk kärnvapendoktrin 2010: utformning och drivkrafter [Russian Nuclear Doctrine 2010: formulation and driving forces], FOI-R--3397--SE
 
- Westerlund, Fredrik. Russian Nanotechnology R&D: Thinking Big About Small Scale Science, FOI-R--3197--SE
 - Hedenskog, Jakob. “Russian Worries over Terrorist Threats to the 2014 Winter Olympics” in Hellström, Jerker; Eriksson, Mikael; Granholm, Niklas (eds) Strategic Outlook 2011, FOI-R--3210--SE
 - Hedenskog, Jakob; Vendil Pallin, Carolina. Ryssland och krisen i Libyen [Russia and the Crisis in Libya], FOI Memo 3545
 - Oxenstierna, Susanne. Rysk ekonomi och försvarsekonomi 2010: Ökande försvarsutgifter och ambitiösa beväpningsmål [Russian Economy and Defence Economy 2010: Increasing Defence Spending and Ambitious Armament Goals], FOI Memo 3500
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. “Russia: Contradictory Signals and a Military Rationale for SSNW”. In Lindvall, Fredrik et al. The Baltic Approach: A Next Step? Prospects for an Arms Control Regime for Sub-strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe, FOI-R--3175--SE
 - Carolina Vendil Pallin. The Russian Elections - Putin Inc. out of sync?
 Pdf, 676.1 kB, opens in new window. RUFS Briefing No. 10 - Jakob Hedenskog. The Tymoshenko Trial and Ukraine’s Balancing Act between Russia and the West
 Pdf, 711.1 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 9 - Fredrik Westerlund. Russian science: In peril but out of focus
 Pdf, 144.7 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 8 - Pavel Podvig. Nuclear disarmament after New START
 Pdf, 131.4 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 7 
- Oxenstierna, Susanne; Vendil Pallin, Carolina. “Russia: Commodity Exporter or Innovation-Driven Neighbour in the East?”, in Granholm, Niklas ; Lindström, Madelene; Malminen, Johannes (eds), Strategic Outlook 2010, FOI-R--3095--SE
 - Oxenstierna, Susanne. Russia's Nuclear Energy Expansion, FOI-R--3049--SE
 - Hedenskog, Jakob. Security Sector Reform in Ukraine: The Victim of Political Power Struggle, FOI Memo 3351
 - Ekström, Markus. Rysk operativ-strategisk övningsverksamhet under 2009 och 2010 [Russian Military Operational-Strategic Exercises, 2009–2010], FOI-R--3022--SE
 - Hedenskog, Jakob. Naval Strategies in the Black Sea Region, FOI-R--2881--SE
 - Bergstrand, Bengt-Göran. Economic and Military Expenditure Trends since 1990 for the Russian Federation and for EU and NATO, FOI Memo 3203
 - Harriman, David. Brussels without Muscles? Exploring the EU’s Management of its Gas Relationship with Russia, FOI-R--2969--SE
 - Roffey, Roger. Biotechnology in Russia: Why is it not a Success Story?, FOI-R--2986--SE
 - Vendil Pallin, Carolina. Serdjukovs reformering av de Väpnade Styrkorna: huvuddragen [The Main Features of Serdiukov’s Reform of the Armed Forces], FOI Memo 3143
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. Russian Intelligence Gathering for Domestic R&D: Short Cut or Dead End for Modernisation?, FOI Memo 3126
 - Heickerö, Roland. Emerging Cyber Threats and Russian Views on Information Warfare and Information Operations, FOI-R--2970--SE
 - Vendil Pallin, Carolina; Westerlund, Fredrik. Rysslands militärdoktrin 2010 [Russia’s Military Doctrine 2010], FOI Memo 3097
 - Jakob Hedenskog. The Presidential Elections in Belarus: Same same, but different!
 Pdf, 115.1 kB, opens in new window. RUFS Briefing No. 6 - Susanne Oxenstierna. Russian Nuclear Power Doubles in Size
 Pdf, 71.9 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 5 - Jakob Hedenskog. Kyiv’s Rapid Drift Back to Moscow
 Pdf, 51.4 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 4 - Carolina Vendil Pallin and Fredrik Westerlund. Russia’s Military Doctrine – Expected News
 Pdf, 60.9 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 3 - Jakob Hedenskog. The Ukrainian Presidential Elections – All Oranges Sold Out
 Pdf, 38.1 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 
- Oxenstierna, Susanne. The Russian Economy in 2009: Steep Decline Despite Crisis Management, FOI-R--2853--SE
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. Rustningskontroll i det 21 århundradet [Arms Control in the 21st Century], FOI Memo 2905
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. Övergripande ledning och organisation av den ryska försvarsindustrin 2008 [Russian Defence Industry: Strategic Management and Organisation in 2008], FOI Memo 2903
 - Westerlund, Fredrik. Rysk försvarsmaterielproduktion 2006-2007 [Russian Defence Materiel Production 2006–2007], FOI Memo 2731
 - Oxenstierna, Susanne. Russia in Perspective: Scenarios of Russia’s Economic Future 10 to 20 Years Ahead, FOI-R--2774--SE
 - Kjölstad, Henrik. White Russia: Xenophobia, Extreme Nationalism and Race Radicalism as Threats to Society, FOI-R--2592--SE
 - Leijonhielm, Jan; Hedenskog, Jakob; Knoph, Jan T.; Larsson, Robert L.; Oldberg, Ingmar; Roffey, Roger; Tisell, Maria; Westerlund, Fredrik. Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective: Ambitions and Challenges in 2008: Summary and Conclusions from a Study for the Swedish Ministry of Defence, FOI-R--2759--SE
 - Leijonhielm, Jan; Hedenskog, Jakob; Knoph, Jan T.; Larsson, Robert L.; Oldberg, Ingmar; Roffey, Roger; Tisell, Maria; Westerlund, Fredrik. Rysk militär förmåga i ett tioårsperspektiv: ambitioner och utmaningar 2008 [Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective: Ambitions and Challenges in 2008], FOI-R--2707--SE
 - Carolina Vendil Pallin. Russia´s Relations with Europe-impressions from a small EU member state
 Pdf, 67.7 kB, opens in new window.. RUFS Briefing No. 1 
- Hedenskog, Jakob. Crimea after the Georgian Crisis, FOI-R--2587--SE
 - Oldberg, Ingmar. Rysslands Östersjömarin: Utveckling och uppgifter [Russia’s Baltic Sea Fleet: Development and Missions], FOI-R--2543--SE
 - Bladel, Joris van. The Dual Structure and Mentality of Vladimir Putin Power Coalition: A legacy for Medvedev, FOI-R--2519--SE
 - Holmberg, Carl. The Struggle for Bureaucratic and Economic Control in Russia, FOI-R--2504—SE
 - Konnander, Vilhelm. Ryssland: en suverän demokrati? En studie om folkstyre och statsmakt i förfall [Russia: A Sovereign Democracy? A Study of Popular Rule and State Power in Decline], FOI-R--2501--SE
 - Löfstrand, Maria. Rysk identitet och självbild: Ryska medborgares syn på hot, sitt land och sin omvärld [Russian Identity and Self-image: Russian Citizens’ Views on Threats, Internal Affairs and External Relations], FOI-R--2503--SE
 - Niklasson, Charlotte. Russian Leverage in Central Asia, FOI-R--2484—SE
 - Roffey, Roger. EU-Russian Partnership to Reduce Bio-threats and Fight Disease Outbreaks, FOI-R--2493--SE
 - Holmberg, Carl. Managing Elections in Russia: Mechanisms and Problems, FOI-R--2474--SE
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