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How to Kill (or Tame) the Dragon?

Alexey Uvarov on Power-Transition Scenarios and the Potential Role of Political Emigration in Post-Putin Russia
Riddle Political News Week
Private Investors in the War
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (March 23−27)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (March 23−27)
By Andrey Pertsev
Riddle Economic News Week
Off the Rails
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (March 30 — April 3)
Nicholas Trickett with the economic summary of the week (March 30 — April 3)
By Nicholas Trickett
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
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 Kiriyenko Governors Cohort

Andrey Pertsev on what has been happening to the corps of Russian regional heads in recent years
Top reads
  • War in Iran: What Comes Next?

    Nurlan Aliyev on a war with goals but no strategy

  • Deathonomics 2.0: Why the System Is Starting to Stall

    Vladislav Inozemtsev on the challenges that «deathonomics» poses for modern Russia and how long the system can keep running without radical changes

  • The Evolution of the Russian National Guard

    Kirill Shanghaisky explains why Rosgvardiya is not turning into a super-agency but has instead been pushed toward becoming a more militarized, centrally managed security force

  • Orbán’s Survival Pact

    Denis Cenusa on Orbán's Electoral Survival Through Convergence with Russia’s Anti-Ukraine Narratives

  • When Oil Outweighs Sanctions

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

  • 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

Authors
  • 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,…
  • Lucy Birge

    Russia analyst
  • Vladislav Inozemtsev

    Co-founder and Advisory Council Member, Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe
  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist, expert of the «Election Atlas» project
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