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Tajikistan and Russia: The Syndromes of Missed Opportunity and Neglected Attention

Temur Umarov and Ruslan Norov on how the war in Ukraine has reshaped relations between Dushanbe and Moscow
Riddle Political News Week
Putin’s Domestic Pivot to the East
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (10−14 August)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (10−14 August)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Revision season
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (August 10 — 14)
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (August 10 — 14)
By Nicholas Trickett
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    Vakhtang Partsvania explains how Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries are turning oil refining into the weakest link in Russia’s war economy

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    Oleg Loginov on the fallout from attacks on Wildberries, "Russia's Amazon"

  • Status Quo Under Pressure: Transnistria After 2022

    Denis Cenusa on how the war in Ukraine has changed relations between Russia and Transnistria

  • A Strike Against Loyalty, Not Against the Tanks

    Vladislav Inozemtsev on the Consequences of Russia’s Fuel Crisis

  • Prodding Open Wounds: Ukraine’s War on the Russian Oil & Gas Sector

    Nicholas Trickett on how Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries are deepening the contradictions of the Kremlin’s wartime economy

  • Russia and Azerbaijan: From Balancing to Confrontation

    Ruslan Suleymanov on how the war in Ukraine has reshaped relations between Moscow and Baku

  • Trump and Russian Multipolarity: Weighing the Pros and Cons

    Anton Barbashin on the upsides and downsides of Trump’s presidency for the Kremlin

  • Israel as Temporary Refuge or Permanent Home: The Fate of Russia’s Wartime Aliyah

    Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin examines the dynamics of aliyah from Russia since 2022

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