
Russian Literature, War and International Relations: The Case of Germany
Meri Melkonyan and Felix Sandalov on how German publishers have maintained relations with their Russian peers and banked on Ukraine

Brendan Humphreys and Mykhailo Romanov on how the use of so-called ‘filtration camps' by Russian forces in occupied Ukraine adds a grim chapter to the history of mass incarceration

Irina Busygina on how Russia’s federal relations have barely evolved since Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine

Vladislav Inozemtsev analyses the transformation of the oil market in 2023

Pavel Luzin on whether the Russian army can be increased to 1.5 million

Harold Chambers looks at how the last twelve months have seen frenetic changes to Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime -- mostly because of the war in Ukraine






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2022 was a disaster for Russia in the Caucasus too
Neil Hauer traces how Moscow’s disastrous war in Ukraine sabotaged its influence over the South Causasus
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Russia in 2023: A return to party politics?
Andrey Pertsev on why Russian party politics showed signs of a revival at the end of 2022. Should this be taken seriously in 2023?
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The Russian army in 2023
Pavel Luzin on whether the Russian army can be increased to 1.5 million
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Russia’s Intelligence Agencies in the Global South: the Case of Venezuela
Ivan U. Klyszcz traces the history of Russo-Venezuelan intelligence cooperation, a case study of how Russia’s intelligence agencies activate an imposing foreign policy in the ‘Global South'.
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Kiriyenko’s War
Andrey Pertsev on how Sergei Kiriyenko and his subordinates have adapted their work at the presidential administration to the war in Ukraine
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Human rights in wartime: a look back at 2022
Sergey Davidis on the main tendencies of the crackdown on civil society in Russia
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2022, Chechnya’s Seismic Year
Harold Chambers looks at how the last twelve months have seen frenetic changes to Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime -- mostly because of the war in Ukraine
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Russian oil after the embargo
Vladislav Inozemtsev analyses the transformation of the oil market in 2023
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Meri Melkonyan Applied Literary Studies student at FU Berlin, copyright manager at Suhrkamp Verlag
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Felix Sandalov Editor-in-chief of Individuum publishing house. German chancellor fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2021−2023)
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Brendan Humphreys Leads a project on population expulsion at Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki
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Mykhailo Romanov Kharkiv University and Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki
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Irina Busygina Political scientist