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How to signal loyalty: the case of Russian governors

Andras Toth-Czifra on the KPIs of regional governance efficiency that the Kremlin requires
Riddle News Week
Putin’s ultra-optimism
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (December 2−6)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (December 2−6)
By Andrey Pertsev
Syria without Assad and Russia’s inertial assistance

Platon Nikiforov explains how the fall of the Assad regime will affect Russian positions in the region
Chechnya’s war on Ukraine

Mark Youngman on the evolving role played by the Chechen security services in Ukraine
Transnistrian region and Abkhazia face an ‘energy winter’

Denis Cenusa on how Moscow uses energy supplies as leverage over breakaway regions of Moldova and Georgia
Breaking Bad: What Drives the Georgian Dream Party

Vakhtang Partsvania explains how the actions of the Georgian Dream party go beyond the geopolitical choice between the West and Russia, deepening Georgia’s internal crisis and international isolation
In the kingdom of economic paradoxes

Vladislav Inozemtsev discusses the crises in the Russian economy and possible scenarios for overcoming them
Top reads
  • Will Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

    Anton Barbashin on Russia's possible response to Biden’s green light for Ukraine to fire US long-range missiles deep into Russia

  • Caught Between Moscow and the West: Armenia’s Precarious Diversification

    Tigran Grigoryan and Karena Avedissian on Armenia’s outreach for new defense and diplomatic partners amid ongoing economic dependence on Moscow

  • The Unfulfilled Promise of Russia’s 1991 Constitution

    Jeff Hawn and Alexey Uvarov explore the drafting of the Russian Constitution in the 1990s, contrasting democratic aspirations with centralized power

  • Memory and Democracy: Rethinking Key Dates in Russian History

    Alexey Uvarov discusses the commemorative dates that can be invoked to shape a democratic narrative in future Russia

  • In the kingdom of economic paradoxes

    Vladislav Inozemtsev discusses the crises in the Russian economy and possible scenarios for overcoming them

  • The interests of Ukraine and the Russian opposition: Complex relations without false contradictions

    Alexey Uvarov’s response to Aleksandar Djokic’s article ‘Russia's Opposition and The Ukrainian Government: Divergent Interests?'

  • March Mertz?

    Dmitry Stratievski on the collapse of the ruling coalition in Germany and the conservative candidate for chancellor

  • Transnistrian region and Abkhazia face an ‘energy winter’

    Denis Cenusa on how Moscow uses energy supplies as leverage over breakaway regions of Moldova and Georgia

Authors
  • Andras Toth-Czifra

    Political analyst, author of the analytical blog «No Yardstick»
  • Platon Nikiforov

    Political analyst specializing in the Middle East
  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent
  • Mark Youngman

    Founder and head of the open-source intelligence and research agency Threatologist.
  • Denis Cenusa

    Political analyst, associated expert at Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania) and Expert-Grup (Moldova)
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