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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
Riddle Political News Week
Crackdown on the Nobel Laureates
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 3 — 11)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (April 3 — 11)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Rebound or Ricochet?
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (April 6−12)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (April 6−12)
By Nicholas Trickett
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
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
From Z-Blogger to Putin Critic?

Fabian Burkhardt on what Ilya Remeslo’s Telegram channel can tell us about fractures within Russia’s elite
Anti-Hegemony Without a Target

Lucy Birge on How Trump's Mercurial Hegemony Has Left Russia Strategically Paralyzed
Top reads
  • When Oil Outweighs Sanctions

    Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the war in Iran has exposed the vulnerabilities of sanctions strategy toward Russia

  • How Russian Parties Are Preparing for the State Duma Elections. Part 1: The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)

    Ksenia Smolyakova examines the current state of CPRF as it approaches the start of the campaign for State Duma

  • The Oil Breach

    Vakhtang Partsvania on how U.S. efforts to drive down oil prices are creating fissures in the sanctions architecture targeting Russia

  • The Kiriyenko Governors Cohort

    Andrey Pertsev on what has been happening to the corps of Russian regional heads in recent years

  • Anti-Hegemony Without a Target

    Lucy Birge on How Trump's Mercurial Hegemony Has Left Russia Strategically Paralyzed

  • From Z-Blogger to Putin Critic?

    Fabian Burkhardt on what Ilya Remeslo’s Telegram channel can tell us about fractures within Russia’s elite

  • How to Kill (or Tame) the Dragon?

    Alexey Uvarov on Power-Transition Scenarios and the Potential Role of Political Emigration in Post-Putin Russia

  • 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

Authors
  • Roman Chernikov

    Political scientist
  • Rajoli Siddharth

    Junior Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation
  • Vakhtang Partsvania

    Economist, Professor of Management at Caucasus University
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
  • Fabian Burkhardt

    Senior Researcher at the Department of Politics, Leibniz Institute for East European Studies (IOS), Regensburg. Editor, Russian Analytical Digest. 2018−2024 — Editorial Board,…
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