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Rotten foundations

Andras Toth-Czifra on what the waste management reform says about the problems with Russian policymaking
Riddle Political News Week
The Foot of a Russian Soldier Against Investments
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political events of the week (June 16−20)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political events of the week (June 16−20)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Aren’t you all tired of winning?
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (June 9−15)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (June 9−15)
By Nick Trickett
When Oil Becomes «Georgian»

Vakhtang Partsvania on how Russian oil and petroleum products bypass sanctions to reach the European market through Georgia
The Salesman of Patriotism

Andrey Pertsev on how Orthodox oligarch Konstantin Malofeev tries to climb the power vertical and why he fails
From Keynes to Cannibalization: Russia’s Wartime Labor Crisis

Nicholas Trickett on how massive spending and demand impulse triggered by the scramble to expand military production and voluntary recruitment has created a system of de facto resource rationing
Mobilized Families and Regional Stability

Kirill Shanghaisky examines the role of the anti-mobilization movement of families and the Russian state's strategies for addressing it
Libyan «Mine» Under the «African Corps» Project

Platon Nikiforov on how the Kremlin found itself in new foreign policy constraints due to further manifestations of nepotism among its Libyan ally
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    Platon Nikiforov on how the Kremlin found itself in new foreign policy constraints due to further manifestations of nepotism among its Libyan ally

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    Nick Trickett on how the war in Ukraine has shattered the traditional architecture of macroeconomic stability

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    Harold Chambers on the inability of Russian authorities to counter security threats

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