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Russians Want Peace, But on Their Own Terms

Margarita Zavadskaya on the format and conditions under which Russians would like to end the war in Ukraine
Riddle Political News Week
The Broken Social Contract
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (October 6−10)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (October 6−10)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Down to Brass Tax
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (September 29 — October 3)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (September 29 — October 3)
By Nick Trickett
AfD’s Pro-Russian Tilt: Genuine Pivot or Tactical Feint?

Dmitri Stratievski assesses whether the far-right Alternative for Germany can sever ties with Moscow to bolster its political legitimacy
Political Fixers: How Russia’s Election Results Get Cooked

Ksenia Smolakova on the art of rigging outcomes—even in elections that were never free to begin with
Frozen Russian Assets: From Calls for Confiscation to a Reparations Loan

Alexey Uvarov on how to seize Russian assets without actually confiscating them
Chinese Pragmatism

Alexey Chigadaev on Why Russia Cannot Influence Chinese Drone Supplies to Ukraine
Moldova’s Pro-EU Path Unchanged After Elections: What Are Russia’s Next Steps?

Denis Cenușă on What a More Empowered Opposition in Parliament Means for Moldova’s Pro-EU Movement
Top reads
  • The Illusion of Unsinkability: Maduro, Drug Trafficking, and the Russian Factor

    Vladimir Rouvinski on the intersection of drug trafficking, Trump’s politics, and Russia’s ambitions in the Venezuela crisis

  • The Departure of a Realist

    Andrei Persev on why Dmitry Kozak's resignation was long predetermined

  • Moldova Votes on the Frontline of the EU-Russia Contest

    Rasmus G. D. Hardt, Jens Vesterlund Mathiesen, and Magnus Blechingberg Rixen on the EU-Russia tug-of-war ahead of elections in Moldova

  • Sanctions Dead End?

    Vladislav Inozemtsev on why we shouldn't expect new Russia sanctions

  • Gosplan 2.0 or the Market: Is Russia Heading Toward a Soviet Economy?

    Mikhail Zhadovsky on Market Mechanisms and Elite Interests as Barriers to a Planned System

  • Moldova’s Pro-EU Path Unchanged After Elections: What Are Russia’s Next Steps?

    Denis Cenușă on What a More Empowered Opposition in Parliament Means for Moldova’s Pro-EU Movement

  • Frozen Russian Assets: From Calls for Confiscation to a Reparations Loan

    Alexey Uvarov on how to seize Russian assets without actually confiscating them

  • (Non)Elections before THE (Non)Elections

    Ksenia Smolyakova on the results of the September Single Voting Day elections

Authors
  • Margarita Zavadskaya

    Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
  • Dmitri Stratievski

    Political scientist and historian (FU Berlin), and director of the Berlin Center for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V.).
  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist, expert of the «Election Atlas» project
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
  • Aleksei Chigadaev

    Sinologist, Postgraduate researcher, Free University of Berlin
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