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opinion Mark Galeotti

Time for Moscow to Move On and Stop Thinking So Much About Washington

Attempting to match America is a terrible act of self-harm — and it is doomed to fail.
Michele A. Berdy

Confusing Coffee and Bountiful Behinds in Russian

Would you want to be урод? In 1254 you would have been happy to be урод. Now - not so much.
Andrei Kolesnikov

How Biden Will Impact Russian Domestic Policy

What action the Russian authorities take largely depends on the early actions and statements of the Biden administration
Ivan Timofeev

U.S. Sanctions Under Biden: What to Expect

The relationship between Russia and the United States will remain one of fierce rivalry, and that paradigm is unlikely to change.
Ilya Klishin

Why Russians Dislike 'Good Russians' in American Films No Less than 'Bad Russians'

Russians were simply unprepared to see themselves portrayed as the “good guys” in the new Netflix series "The Queen’s Gambit."
Dmitry Trenin

Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy and Russia

While Biden recognizes China as America’s top competitor, he calls Russia the biggest threat to the United States.
Simon Saradzhyan

Putin’s Nagorno-Karabakh Calculus Can Undermine Russian Clout in FSU

Russia’s decision not to employ leverage to stop the conflict in its early stages made a lasting impression on its allies.
Elena Agarkova Belov

Russia Should Get Behind Arctic Ban on Dirty Fuel

Russia is watering down a block on heavy fuel oil — a toxic pollutant — in the Arctic. That could be a dangerous mistake.
Carey Cavanaugh

Diplomacy, Not War, Should Have Fixed Nagorno-Karabakh

The new peace deal is unspeakably painful because better arrangements than what are being secured today were attainable through diplomacy years ago.
Vladimir Frolov

No Longer 'Ours': With a Biden White House, the Kremlin Is Facing a Tough New Reality

The problem for Moscow is not so much the deterioration of relations under Biden: it is the readiness of the White House to minimize these relations.
Thomas de Waal

A Precarious Peace for Karabakh

The November 10 agreement may turn out to be a rapidly assembled construction that is not sustainable.
Mark Galeotti

Russian Ceasefire Deal in Nagorno-Karabakh Marks Slow, Painful End of Empire in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan is triumphant — but its triumph, while recognized by Russia, was really delivered by Turkey.
Ilya Klishin

Great Russian Literature Versus One Tweet by Stephen King

Why Russians still lose their heads over comments made by Western movie critics.
Steven Pifer

Trump’s Loss Not Necessarily Russia’s

If Putin and the Kremlin exercise some moderation, they can expect from the next American president a readiness for serious dialogue.
Michele A. Berdy

Getting the Electoral College Right in Russian

You know how you sometimes wish your language had a foreign word in it? I want выборщик.
Alexei Levinson

Russia's Growing Indifference to Protests in Belarus

Even opposition-minded Russians are not too excited about getting rid of Alexandr Lukashenko.
Anna Arutunyan

The Russian Media May Like Trump. It Doesn’t Mean the Kremlin Does

It’s not that Biden would be much better in terms of Russian-U.S. relations, but at least he might bring a certain predictability to the dialogue.
Michele A. Berdy

What the Pundits Say: Following the U.S. Elections in Russian Media

Coverage is a strange mix of hard facts, informed commentary and biased reporting.
Gennady Rudkevich

What's Next for Protesters in Belarus?

Protests continue, but Lukashenko remains. Can either side break the stalemate?
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