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Tatiana Stanovaya
Putin’s Tactic of Inaction Could Backfire at Home
The day may come when Putin finds himself dependent on a group of once politically irrelevant ultra-patriots.
Arshak Makichyan
I Called for Greenpeace to Close in Russia. Putin Did It For Them.
"Green peace" is impossible during a war.
4 Min read
Opposition Activist Mikhail Krieger's Final Statement to Russian Court
"This war is, in my view, the rare conflict in which the truth is one hundred percent on one side. And that is the Ukrainian side."
7 Min read
Galiya Ibragimova
How Russia Torpedoed Its Own Influence in Moldova
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is helping to consolidate Moldovan society in favor of EU integration.
6 Min read
Alexandra Prokopenko
How Sanctions Have Changed Russian Economic Policy
Russia's economic policy is increasingly built around the toxic combination of trade in raw materials and a bloated military-industrial complex.
5 Min read
Andrey Pertsev
For Ambitious Russian Officials, the War Has Failed to Become a Career Elevator
Career advancement off the back of Russia's war in Ukraine has proved to be elusive in the increasingly fragile Russian political system.
4 Min read
Jade McGlynn
The Great Patriotic Special Military Operation
According to the Kremlin's narrative, Russia is fighting for the legacy of World War II by defeating fascism in Ukraine once more.
4 Min read
Alexander Atasuntsev
Is Georgia’s Ruling Party Really Pro-Russian?
Georgia’s ruling party may use the very real threat Moscow poses to the country as a pretext to solve its problems and fight its rivals.
5 Min read
Matthew Sussex
Ukraine’s Fate Rests on Its Imminent Counteroffensive
At stake for Ukraine in its looming counteroffensive is nothing less than its national survival.
4 Min read
Leonid Gozman
The Tragedy of Designating Russia's Free University 'Undesirable'
How a unique experiment in free education drew the ire of the Russian government.
4 Min read
Aleksandr Smirnov
A Future Allied to China and India Is Wishful Thinking on the Kremlin's Part
Moscow’s current economic reliance on Asia is little more than a temporary solution to Western sanctions on Russia.
4 Min read
Luca Anceschi
How Russia Might Benefit From Central Asia's Authoritarian Regeneration
Russia’s support may prove decisive for Central Asia's regimes as they further strengthen their hold on power.
3 Min read
Konstantin Sonin
Stop Victim-Blaming Russian Refugees
Telling Russian refugees they are not victims is like telling a woman who has been beaten up by her husband: “It’s OK, he didn’t kill you.”
4 Min read
Maxim Tovkaylo
Gazprom: A Weapon of the Kremlin, in Metaphor and Reality
The existence of private armies means that the struggle within the Russian elite to appoint Putin's successor could very quickly turn bloody.
4 Min read
Alexey Gusev
Why Russia Won’t Disintegrate Along Its Regional Borders
Even amid the tensions unleashed by mobilization, there is simply no national question on the table and no talk of regional federalism.
6 Min read
Nigel Gould-Davies
Russia's Updated Foreign Policy Strategy is Revealingly Delusional
As Russia’s first systematic foreign policy statement since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the concept is significant.
4 Min read
Tatiana Stanovaya
Russia’s New Conscription Law Brings the Digital Gulag Much, Much Closer
The war in Ukraine has taken the state’s need for digital control to a whole new level.
5 Min read
Ksenia Mironova
My Partner Is a Journalist Jailed For his Work in Russia – Just Like Evan Gershkovich
I don’t believe that things will improve by being optimistic, but I do believe that we must continue to work and support one another.
4 Min read
Vladimir Kara-Murza
My Only Regret Is Failing to Convince People of the Danger Putin Posed
Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza has given a defiant closing speech at his trial for treason.
3 Min read
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