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Whose War Is This?

Alexey Uvarov on Western politicians' approach to engaging with Russian civil society and the opposition, 2022−2025
Riddle Political News Week
Prosecutor General’s Benefit Performance
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 13−17)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 13−17)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Enough Isn’t Enough
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (April 13−17)
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (April 13−17)
By Nicholas Trickett
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
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
Top reads
  • When Oil Outweighs Sanctions

    Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the war in Iran has exposed the vulnerabilities of sanctions strategy toward Russia

  • How Russian Parties Are Preparing for the State Duma Elections. Part 1: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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