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Olga Irisova and Anton Barbashin on how experts assess the likelihood of a new wave of mobilization in 2026
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Authors
  • Olga Irisova

    Political analyst. Editor in Chief, Riddle Russia. Galina Starovoitova Fellow at Kennan Institute (2019). German chancellor fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2021−2022)
  • Anton Barbashin

    Editorial director at Riddle, political analyst
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
  • Maksym Panchokha

    Researcher specializing in Russian politics, historical memory, and the political economy of war. Economics and Global & International Studies, Bard College
  • Nikita Smagin

    Expert on Iran, Islamism and Russia’s foreign policy in the Middle East, author of the book «Iran for Everyone: Paradoxes of Life in an Autocracy under…
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