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Authors
  • Anton Barbashin

    Editorial director at Riddle Russia, political analyst
  • Denis Cenusa

    Political analyst, associated expert at Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania)
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    Political scientist, historian. Member of the Editorial Board at Riddle Russia
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    Security & Intelligence Expert
  • Dmytro Voronenko

    Independent researcher. Publisher of incidence.world, a quantitative panel on the limits of Russian endurance in a war of attrition
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