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How Russian Parties Are Preparing for the State Duma Elections: United Russia

Ksenia Smolyakova on the state United Russia finds itself in as it approaches the launch of the 2026 State Duma election campaign
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Crackdown on the Nobel Laureates
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 3 — 11)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 3 — 11)
By Andrey Pertsev
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Rebound or Ricochet?
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (April 6−12)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (April 6−12)
By Nicholas Trickett
De-Orbanisation of Hungarian Foreign Policy vis-à-vis Moscow

Denis Cenusa on what to expect from Péter Magyar’s Russia policy
Pashinyan Visits Putin: Mutual Trolling

Roman Chernikov on what Putin and Pashinyan actually said to each other during the Armenian prime minister’s latest trip to Moscow
India-Russia Relationship Under Sanctions

Rajoli Siddharth on how sanctions against Russia have not derailed the Moscow-New Delhi relationship but have had a significant impact on the nature of this partnership
When Oil Does Not Outweigh Sanctions

Vakhtang Partsvania on how the current energy crisis has exposed the differences between US and EU sanctions strategies
How to Kill (or Tame) the Dragon?

Alexey Uvarov on Power-Transition Scenarios and the Potential Role of Political Emigration in Post-Putin Russia
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    Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the war in Iran has exposed the vulnerabilities of sanctions strategy toward Russia

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    Ksenia Smolyakova examines the current state of CPRF as it approaches the start of the campaign for State Duma

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    Andrey Pertsev on what has been happening to the corps of Russian regional heads in recent years

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  • Anti-Hegemony Without a Target

    Lucy Birge on How Trump's Mercurial Hegemony Has Left Russia Strategically Paralyzed

  • From Z-Blogger to Putin Critic?

    Fabian Burkhardt on what Ilya Remeslo’s Telegram channel can tell us about fractures within Russia’s elite

  • India-Russia Relationship Under Sanctions

    Rajoli Siddharth on how sanctions against Russia have not derailed the Moscow-New Delhi relationship but have had a significant impact on the nature of this partnership

  • How to Kill (or Tame) the Dragon?

    Alexey Uvarov on Power-Transition Scenarios and the Potential Role of Political Emigration in Post-Putin Russia

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