This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.

Russia may try to use its piped natural gas advantage to counter Qatar's dominance of liquefied natural gas exports.

The chemical weapons threat may help Moscow regain influence in a post-al Assad Syria.

Moscow is planning to strengthen military and economic partnerships with its key former Soviet satellites.

Russia and Qatar are vying for some natural gas markets.

Religious, political and generational rifts are among the divisions the Kremlin wants to address.

Lower domestic natural gas consumption and the pursuit of non-Russian energy sources are key.

Demographic shifts are among the recent changes complicating Moscow's efforts to define the Russian identity.

The fall of the Soviet Union created an identity crisis that challenged the Russian Federation.

Russian imperial and Soviet leaders used a variety of policies to attempt to assimilate minority populations.