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Parties in a coma

Andrey Pertsev explores the bleak prospects of the Russian systemic opposition

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A Conveyor Belt For the Mass Production of Loyalty
Andrei Pertsev sums up the week (April 8−12)
Andrei Pertsev sums up the week (April 8−12)
Russia’s oil pivot to the east

Aleksei Chigadaev on the political consequences of increasing Russian oil exports to China

Will Russia Face a New Mobilization?

Vladislav Inozemtsev explains why the Kremlin is likely to opt for a «commercial army»

Record Rigging

Ksenia Smolyakova sums up the results of the most rigged elections in modern Russian history

Russia’s New Radicalization Poses Problems

Harold Chambers expects a heavy-handed and weaponized security response to the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, particularly in regions considered prone to militancy risks, such as Ingushetia

Transnistria’s hybrid rebuke to Moldova’s reintegration agenda

Denis Cenusa on how the authorities in Chisinău are using Ukraine war to press Transnistria on reintegration, prompting a backlash from Tiraspol

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