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Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is recycling Soviet-era rhetoric to address Russia’s “nationality question,” blaming foreign intelligence services for inciting ethnic discord...
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Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is recycling Soviet-era rhetoric to address Russia’s “nationality question,” blaming foreign intelligence services for inciting ethnic discord...
The feared Russian bear has been seriously wounded, and its reputation has suffered a great blow. When war ends in Ukraine, it could take...
Putin and his entourage believe that Ukraine has no historical legitimacy, that it does not exist, and that Ukrainians are occupying Russia—and not that...
Putin is likely very aware of efforts underway to replace him but has taken steps to make ousting him as difficult as possible.
Question: Is Russia still a great power? That the question needs to be asked suggests an earth-shattering transformation in European politics. Russia has been...
Is a coup possible in Russia? Several months ago, most analysts would have dismissed the idea as absurd. Today, with the war in Ukraine...
What do a Belarusian Noble Prize winner and a 19th-century French aristocrat have in common? They think that Russian political culture is deeply authoritarian....
Some history many have forgotten about…In October 1979, a West German newspaper run by Soviet émigrés ran a vague story alleging that an explosion in a...
Russia has reportedly massed up to 150,000 troops along its border with Ukraine, and it threatens to continue territorial conquest against its more democratic...
A Russian invasion of Ukraine has appeared imminent for almost two months now. Yet it has not happened, and the window for it is...