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What Putin Wants from BRICS

Anton Barbashin on what Moscow has actually achieved within BRICS since 2022
Riddle Political News Week
United Russia’s Program Failure
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (August 24−28)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (August 24−28)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Pushing on a String
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (August 24 — 28)
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (August 24 — 28)
By Nicholas Trickett
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    Nicholas Trickett on how Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries are deepening the contradictions of the Kremlin’s wartime economy

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    Ruslan Suleymanov on how the war in Ukraine has reshaped relations between Moscow and Baku

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    Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin examines the dynamics of aliyah from Russia since 2022

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