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Putin vs. Trump: Round 2

Anton Barbashin on why Moscow should not rejoice at Donald Trump's presidential election
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How Moscow sees the future of BRICS after the Kazan Summit

Anton Barbashin on how Russian experts and public commentators assessed the latest BRICS summit in Russia
Sanctions, localisation and the Russian auto components industry

Vakhtang Partsvania shows how the Russian auto components industry has been developing against the backdrop of sanctions and restructuring in the automotive sector
Flashes of West-Russia rivalry in Moldova, Georgia elections

Denis Cenusa observes how Moscow and Brussels are at strategic loggerheads over key elections for two EU candidate states
Russia, Iran, North Korea: Not a New Axis

Eric Woods downplays the cohesion of Russia’s new alliances of convenience with states like North Korea and Iran in its war against Ukraine
Russia’s Rickety Far Eastern Development Plans

Andras Toth-Czifra finds that the Russian government’s plans to economically boost its Far Eastern regions are on shaky foundations
Top reads
  • Moscow’s Haphazard North Caucasus Policy

    Harold Chambers observes that tensions are high in the North Caucasus, with the Kremlin exacerbating them directly or via non-action

  • Russia, Iran, North Korea: Not a New Axis

    Eric Woods downplays the cohesion of Russia’s new alliances of convenience with states like North Korea and Iran in its war against Ukraine

  • Russia’s Rickety Far Eastern Development Plans

    Andras Toth-Czifra finds that the Russian government’s plans to economically boost its Far Eastern regions are on shaky foundations

  • Flashes of West-Russia rivalry in Moldova, Georgia elections

    Denis Cenusa observes how Moscow and Brussels are at strategic loggerheads over key elections for two EU candidate states

  • ‘Party Gold’

    Ksenia Smolyakova explains why Vladimir Putin should have been removed from the 2018 elections and how regional administrations are withdrawing some funds from budgets to keep municipal bureaucracy under control

  • Sanctions, localisation and the Russian auto components industry

    Vakhtang Partsvania shows how the Russian auto components industry has been developing against the backdrop of sanctions and restructuring in the automotive sector

  • How Moscow sees the future of BRICS after the Kazan Summit

    Anton Barbashin on how Russian experts and public commentators assessed the latest BRICS summit in Russia

  • Putin vs. Trump: Round 2

    Anton Barbashin on why Moscow should not rejoice at Donald Trump's presidential election

Authors
  • Anton Barbashin

    Editorial director at Riddle, political analyst
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
  • Denis Cenusa

    Political analyst, associated expert at Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania) and Expert-Grup (Moldova)
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