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Joshua R. Kroeker
Rising Ethnic Tensions Won’t Tear Russia Apart
Centuries of internal colonization and Kremlin-stoked ethnonationalism make it unlikely Russia will break apart along ethnic lines.
Nurlan Aliyev
Why Russia’s Eastward Trade Refocus Faces Roadblocks
By cutting through Central Asia Russia may avoid Western sanctions, but is more exposed to competition with China and India.
4 Min read
Oleksandr Polianichev
Russia’s ‘African Villages’ Are White Supremacy in Disguise
Shunned by the West, Russia is trying to forge new alliances in Africa. But a plan to resettle Africans in rural Russia has less diplomatic motivations...
7 Min read
Saahil Menon
Belarus’ New Passport Law Risks Upending the Lives of Exiled Activists
Lukashenko is exhausting his last means of leverage over critics by turning them into non-persons abroad. The free world must hold him accountable.
4 Min read
Alexandra Prokopenko
Putin Is Betting On a New Class of Asset Owners to Shore Up His Regime
Having apparently lost faith in the old elites, Putin is forming a new class of proprietors in Russia who will be indebted to him and his regime.
4 Min read
Jade McGlynn
Russia is Preparing the Next Generation to Die for Their Country
It’s hard to escape the impression that the clubs Russian children have to join are doing anything other than teaching them to kill or be killed.
5 Min read
Mikhail Turchenko
Nagorno-Karabakh Shows Russia Has No Credibility as a Regional Peacekeeper
CSTO members are obligated to come to each other's defense. But time and time again, Russia hasn’t aided countries it swore to protect.
4 Min read
Aleksandr Smirnov
How to Make the Exiled Russian Opposition a Force for Change
Putting aside its differences to represent its people’s interests could be the first step towards building a fairer Russia when Putin falls.
4 Min read
Hovhannes Nikoghosyan
and
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
War Is Returning to Nagorno-Karabakh Because the World Did Nothing to Stop It
Despite the world averting its eyes from the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan after November 2020, the war has never truly ended.
6 Min read
Polly Jones
The Cult of the Red Terror Executioner Lives On
In a country headed by a former KGB agent, it is unsurprising that a sanitized image of the founder of the brutal Soviet Secret Police is thriving.
5 Min read
Janis Kluge
The West Shouldn’t Underestimate Russia’s Resilience
Putin may still be in power in a decade. The West must prepare to defend itself and Ukraine against a belligerent Russia for many more years.
5 Min read
Anthony V. Rinna
Russia Courting North Korea Shows Contempt for International Law
Both countries have been shunned by much of the world. Cooperating on industrial and military efforts shows they don’t care about a backlash.
5 Min read
Emily Ferris
Russia’s Regional Elections Have Taught the Kremlin a Valuable Lesson
While United Russia's candidates won comfortably in nearly every race, the Kremlin has learned it needs more than patriotic rhetoric to win votes.
6 Min read
Saahil Menon
How Much Longer Can Russia’s Honeymoon with the Gulf States Last?
Russia is reliant on the Gulf Cooperation Council to keep its economy afloat. However, the block is realizing that the costs far outweigh the benefits...
5 Min read
'This Case Was a Fake from Start to Finish': Dagestani Journalist's Final Word in Russian Court
Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison on charges of participating in and financing a terrorist organization which he denies.
6 Min read
Alexei Levinson
Who Is the World's 'Great Power'? According to Russians, It's Themselves
Russia and its people searching for another ‘great power’ to determine its place in the world. But with no country measuring up, it's lonely at the...
5 Min read
Pavel Sulyandziga
and
Dmitry Berezhkov
What Decolonization Means for Russia’s Indigenous Peoples
Russian society’s perception of its colonial history is whitewashed. Acknowledging its legacy could create a new state built on truth.
8 Min read
Jade McGlynn
Elon Musk Has Ukraine, and the Future of the World, at His Mercy
Musk’s power lies in the interaction between Western capitalism and national security, and the West’s hesitant response to the war.
5 Min read
Andras Toth-Czifra
Regional Elections Could Expose Cracks in the Kremlin’s Stability Narrative
Despite the war, authorities haven’t cancelled this year’s regional elections. But they might not be the show of force the Kremlin hoped.
6 Min read
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