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Pavel Luzin explains how Russia is trying to preserve and restore the capabilities it once had in space
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Pavel Luzin on what the available data suggests about Russian army and military production
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Pavel Luzin on why Russia's decision to suspend its participation in the New START Treaty masks its weaknesses
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Pavel Luzin discusses why suspended participation in the Treaty is a way to mask weaknesses
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Pavel Luzin reflects on what NATO expansion means for the Russian Navy
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Pavel Luzin explains why Russia has announced the deployment of its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
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Pavel Luzin discusses Russia’s military space programme during wartime
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Pavel Luzin on why the announced plans can hardly be called military reform
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Pavel Luzin on whether the Russian army can be increased to 1.5 million
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Pavel Luzin on why mobilization leads not to replenishment, but to further degradation of the Russian army
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Pavel Luzin analyses why Russian ground forces are unlikely to return from the war
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Pavel Luzin on what is behind the most recent announcement of Russia’s pull-out from the International Space Station
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Pavel Luzin on why Russia’s military capabilities have suffered irreparable losses after four months of war
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Pavel Luzin on how the war and sanctions are affecting one of the key sectors of Russian mechanical engineering
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Pavel Luzin on what it means to put Russia’s deterrence forces on high alert
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Pavel Luzin discusses what underlies the latest Russian-Belarusian military cooperation initiatives
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Pavel Luzin discusses the interconnections between military expenditures, military education, exercises in Belarus and Russia’s political system
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Pavel Luzin on Sukhoi Su-57 and Su-75 ‘Checkmate' fighters in the political and economic context
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Pavel Luzin on why Russia is amassing troops near its western borders
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Pavel Luzin on the political logic and practice of combating ‘traitors’
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Pavel Luzin on the peculiar political mindset of the Russian elite
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Pavel Luzin on how Moscow’s real capabilities impact its maritime ambitions
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Pavel Luzin on how to make the space industry prosperous and keep up with the competition
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Pavel Luzin on why the Russian orbital station project is about bargaining with the USA
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Pavel Luzin writes on the reasons why Russian intelligence agencies combine systemic and non-systemic activities in cyberspace
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Pavel Luzin on the challenges and idiosyncrasies of the development of advanced military command-and-control systems in Russia
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Pavel Luzin looks at the growing importance of Russia's Northern Sea Route, which is fraught with political and corporate entanglements.
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Pavel Luzin on the challenges the Russian defence industry will face in the 2020s
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Pavel Luzin on whether Russia can rely on China and India in the field of space exploration
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Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
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Pavel Luzin explains why the Russian approach to disarmament of chemical weapons is so controversial
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Pavel Luzin on herd immunity to COVID-19 in the Russian Armed Forces
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Pavel Luzin investigates why Russia's state-run space corporation is changing its structure once again
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Why has Moscow given up on its radar station in Kazakhstan, and what is the fate of the sites in Belarus, asks Pavel Luzin?
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Pavel Luzin explains how keeping track of Russia’s railway plans can deliver insights into the country’s political mechanics
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Pavel Luzin looks into the voting habits of Russia’s military and wonders why military personnel were more likely to vote against constitutional amendments than their compatriots
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Pavel Luzin on why Russia is banking on hypersonic weapons
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Pavel Luzin on the development trends around the Russian military satellite constellation
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Pavel Luzin looks at the Russian military's strides toward robotization, and finds a few missteps
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Pavel Luzin considers Rosatom’s role in Africa and its influence on Russia’s foreign policy
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Pavel Luzin examines the most pressing problem facing Russia’s defence industry in 2020s
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Pavel Luzin on why the Russian authorities want space start-ups - and why they are all doomed
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Pavel Luzin considers why the Russian armed forces end this decade in a place of deep uncertainty
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Pavel Luzin on why the Russian army has once again become a source of bad news
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Pavel Luzin writes that Russia’s headline-grabbing “wars” within the security services are nothing of the sort — they are the natural result of a government which violates its own laws
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The Steinmeier Formula is not a reason for optimism, nor for alarmism, writes Pavel Luzin
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Pavel Luzin considers why the Kremlin is undermining its own efforts for nuclear weapons control, and what this mean for the START treaty.
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State-owned and state-controlled companies have come to play a crucial role in managing Russia and guaranteeing stability in the regions. But can the Kremlin depend on them alone in the turbulent years ahead?
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Pavel Luzin discusses the Russian Navy’s limited prospects for the future
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Why has the S-400 missile system become such an important instrument of Russian diplomacy?
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Part four of “Russian Media: Moscow and Beyond Calling”: on the place of the military’s press in Russia’s media landscape
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Pavel Luzin considers the future role of air transport in Moscow’s military strategy
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Here’s why Russia has one of the worst safety records for commercial aviation
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Pavel Luzin considers to what extent China really is a threat to Russia
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The second part of the series ‘Safety first’: how does rearmament affect the defence industry, and how does the industry affect the Russian authorities?
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Pavel Luzin considers the political and economic factors which make Rostec worth watching
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Pavel Luzin explores the realities of Russia's nuclear missile capabilities, and what this means for future arms limitation talks
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Pavel Luzin considers the difference between real private military contractors and outsourced cannon fodder
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For years, the Russian authorities have entertained the possibility of a major war, and have spent considerable time and resources preparing the underlying infrastructure
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Pavel Luzin on the problems and projects which will occupy the Russian military next year
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The year is 2028. The multipolar world has arrived. The Western-led multilateral order has given way to different centers of power and influence, notably the United States, India, Brazil, a more autonomous European Union, and an ever-closer axis of autocracy between Russia and China
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Even though relations are getting prickly between Russia and Belarus, international and domestic conditions would have to change substantially before Russia resorted to force against its western neighbor and long-time ally. But it would still be unwise to rule any such scenario out entirely.
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A string of errors from the General Staff’s Main Office will have major knock-on effects on how intelligence agencies interact with Russia’s political system
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Explaining Russian policy in Central Africa
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What Russia’s military spending on the Crimea says about the Kremlin’s strategy on the Black Sea
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Why do some military units in Russia now bear the names of European cities?
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Beyond inflated official statistics and lofty rhetoric, what are the real capabilities of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons programme, and how does this square with today’s doctrines of nuclear de-escalation?
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The Kremlin’s foreign policy is becoming increasingly dependent on Chechnya’s brutal dictator
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In a context of economic stagnation, arms production remains a priority for Moscow. The GPV-2027 spending priorities are a useful indicator of the Kremlin’s long-term political mindset.