Economics Finance Sanctions

Could Ukraine embrace a sanctions buyout mechanism?

Theo Normanton looks at how Russia’s elite are trying to buy their way out of sanctions and reclaim impounded assets. Could this lead to Russian oligarchs financing Ukraine’s reconstruction?
Mobilization in the North Caucasus

Harold Chambers looks into how months of casualties — and now the prospect of punitive conscription measures — are fueling major resistance movements across the North Caucasus
An amateur variety revue in battledress

Andrey Pertsev analyses Russian authorities' attempts to invent a military pop aesthetic
Sitting on Two Shaky Chairs in the Caucasus

Narek Sukiasyan explains the diplomatic fallout from Azerbaijan’s September attacks against Armenia
The Kharkiv Offensive and its consequences

Konrad Muzyka reflects on the strategic implications of Ukraine’s September counterattacks
No longer a unique conflict

Kirill Krivosheev on how the Karabakh negotiations reveal a confrontation between Russia and the West
Top reads
  • The Kharkiv Offensive and its consequences

    Konrad Muzyka reflects on the strategic implications of Ukraine’s September counterattacks

  • The Ministry of Happiness

    Andrey Pertsev discusses how the Kremlin's political bloc is creating a new class of propagandists

  • No longer a unique conflict

    Kirill Krivosheev on how the Karabakh negotiations reveal a confrontation between Russia and the West

  • Elections in wartime: why the September votes matter

    Andras Toth-Czifra investigates how the Kremlin is gearing up to outflank and intimidate opposition parties at September’s elections

  • Mobilization in the North Caucasus

    Harold Chambers looks into how months of casualties — and now the prospect of punitive conscription measures — are fueling major resistance movements across the North Caucasus

  • Elections out of sight

    Stanislav Andreychuk on regional and local elections in Russia

  • Sitting on Two Shaky Chairs in the Caucasus

    Narek Sukiasyan explains the diplomatic fallout from Azerbaijan’s September attacks against Armenia

  • An amateur variety revue in battledress

    Andrey Pertsev analyses Russian authorities' attempts to invent a military pop aesthetic

Authors
  • Theo Normanton

    Moscow Correspondent for bne IntelliNews
  • Harold Chambers

    Analyst on conflict, nationalism, and security in the North Caucasus
  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
  • Narek Sukiasyan

    PhD candidate in political science, Researcher at Center for Culture and Civilization Studies, Yerevan State University
  • Konrad Muzyka

    Independent Defence Analyst | Director, Rochan Consulting
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