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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
The filtration camp: a new level of incarceration and terror?

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
Moscow vs the regions: what has NOT been changed by the war

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

Vladislav Inozemtsev analyses the transformation of the oil market in 2023
The Russian army in 2023

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

  • 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?

  • The Russian army in 2023

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

  • 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'.

  • 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

  • Human rights in wartime: a look back at 2022

    Sergey Davidis on the main tendencies of the crackdown on civil society in Russia

  • 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

  • Russian oil after the embargo

    Vladislav Inozemtsev analyses the transformation of the oil market in 2023

Authors
  • Meri Melkonyan

    Applied Literary Studies student at FU Berlin, copyright manager at Suhrkamp Verlag
  • Felix Sandalov

    Editor-in-chief of Individuum publishing house. German chancellor fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2021−2023)
  • Brendan Humphreys

    Leads a project on population expulsion at Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki
  • Mykhailo Romanov

    Kharkiv University and Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki
  • Irina Busygina

    Political scientist
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