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Dividends of Chaos: Why the Crisis Around Iran Is Both Beneficial and Dangerous for Russia

Nikita Smagin on how the war with Iran is reshaping Moscow’s regional strategy
Riddle Political News Week
The Bloggers’ «Rebellion» and a New Twist in the «Publishers’ Case»
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 20−24)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 20−24)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Calls from Inside the House
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (April 20−24)
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (April 20−24)
By Nicholas Trickett
Whose War Is This?

Alexey Uvarov on Western politicians' approach to engaging with Russian civil society and the opposition, 2022−2026
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
Top reads
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    Lucy Birge on How Trump's Mercurial Hegemony Has Left Russia Strategically Paralyzed

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    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • De-Orbanisation of Hungarian Foreign Policy vis-à-vis Moscow

    Denis Cenusa on what to expect from Péter Magyar’s Russia policy

  • 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

Authors
  • 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…
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist, expert of the «Election Atlas» project
  • Denis Cenusa

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

    Political scientist
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