Daily Memo: Russia Drums Up Support, the Global Supply Chain Shifts Away From China

Moscow hopes it can mediate regional conflicts during a meeting of defense ministers from three multilateral institutions.

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Russia plays power broker. A meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization began on Friday in an effort to increase military cooperation among their members. As a member of all three organizations, Russia hopes the meeting will give it a chance to drum up support […]

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