Subject type: State corporation, civil and military nuclear Jurisdiction: Russian Federation Also known as: State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, Росатом File opened: 7 August 2026 Last updated: 7 August 2026 Origin Rosatom was constituted as a state corporation in 2007 out of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, which in turn descended from the Soviet Ministry of Medium … [Read more...] about Rosatom: Russia’s Nuclear State Corporation, Enrichment Leverage and Why It Escaped Sanction
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Africa Corps: Russia’s Ministry of Defence Successor to Wagner, Structure and Deployments
Subject type: State-controlled expeditionary paramilitary formation Jurisdiction: Russian Federation, Ministry of Defence Also known as: Afrikanskiy Korpus, Африканский корпус File opened: 5 August 2026 Last updated: 5 August 2026 Origin Africa Corps was stood up in late 2023, in the months after Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny and death, to take over the Wagner Group's African … [Read more...] about Africa Corps: Russia’s Ministry of Defence Successor to Wagner, Structure and Deployments
Sovcomflot: Russia’s State Tanker Fleet, Ice-Class Capability and Vessel-Level Designation
Subject type: State-controlled shipping company Jurisdiction: Russian Federation Also known as: SCF Group, PAO Sovkomflot File opened: 3 August 2026 Last updated: 3 August 2026 Origin Sovcomflot was established in 1988, in the last years of the Soviet Union, as a vehicle for acquiring ships using foreign financing at a point when the state could not fund the fleet directly. … [Read more...] about Sovcomflot: Russia’s State Tanker Fleet, Ice-Class Capability and Vessel-Level Designation
Rosoboronexport: Russia’s Sole Arms Export Intermediary, Ownership and Sanctions Exposure
Subject type: State arms export agency Jurisdiction: Russian Federation Also known as: AO Rosoboronexport, Рособоронэкспорт File opened: 1 August 2026 Last updated: 1 August 2026 Origin Rosoboronexport was created by presidential decree in November 2000, merging two competing state export agencies, Rosvooruzhenie and Promexport, into a single channel. The competition between … [Read more...] about Rosoboronexport: Russia’s Sole Arms Export Intermediary, Ownership and Sanctions Exposure