
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





Dmitri Stratievski assesses whether the far-right Alternative for Germany can sever ties with Moscow to bolster its political legitimacy

Ksenia Smolakova on the art of rigging outcomes—even in elections that were never free to begin with

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

Alexey Chigadaev on Why Russia Cannot Influence Chinese Drone Supplies to Ukraine

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






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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
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The Departure of a Realist
Andrei Persev on why Dmitry Kozak's resignation was long predetermined
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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
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Sanctions Dead End?
Vladislav Inozemtsev on why we shouldn't expect new Russia sanctions
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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
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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
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Frozen Russian Assets: From Calls for Confiscation to a Reparations Loan
Alexey Uvarov on how to seize Russian assets without actually confiscating them
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(Non)Elections before THE (Non)Elections
Ksenia Smolyakova on the results of the September Single Voting Day elections
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Margarita Zavadskaya Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
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Dmitri Stratievski Political scientist and historian (FU Berlin), and director of the Berlin Center for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Zentrum Berlin e.V.).
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Ksenia Smolyakova Political Scientist, expert of the «Election Atlas» project
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Alexey Uvarov Political Scientist
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Aleksei Chigadaev Sinologist, Postgraduate researcher, Free University of Berlin