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Tatiana Stanovaya on how dreams of greatness can in fact erode the Russian state
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Tatyana Stanovaya on the transformations that await Russia's political system in 2020
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Tatyana Stanovaya considers the fate of Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu in the context of a transition of power
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Tatyana Stanovaya on why the recent Russian-Ukrainian rapprochement has reverted to more hostility
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Tatyana Stanovaya considers the significance and consequences of the FSB’s growing internal conflicts
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Tatiana Stanovaya on the role and prospects of Vyacheslav Volodin in Putin’s regime
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Tatyana Stanovaya on the meteoric rise of Yevgeny Prigozhin
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Tatyana Stanovaya on next year’s domestic political risks
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Russia’s foreign intelligence service has a new director. What can we expect from Igor Kostyukov?
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The Russian government is struggling with a crisis of responsibility, exacerbated by an uptick in informal special operations
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Why Russia won’t lay down its arms, even if it wants to
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But why has it not happened already?
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The Putin regime will collapse when the political demand for change from both society and the elites outweighs the system’s inclination for self-preservation