Russia issues list of friendly and neutral countries
The Russian government has officially approved a list of more than 30 “friendly” and neutral countries, as the sanctions war with the West continues...
Russia’s Shifting Public Opinion on the War in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s Russia has sharply constricted the space for free expression in recent years, but some independent pollsters who fled the country have not...
Putin’s Ukraine War and the Return of the Informer
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February of last year, Anna Korobkova says she has spent her days informing on her fellow citizens. “In some...
The Kremlin Drone Ding and the Wagner Rant
The past week has seen two strange developments related to the Ukraine war that have raised more questions than answers: the drone strike at...
Russia at War
Observers are quick to detect signs of growing domestic discontent with Putin’s war against Ukraine. But Russian society and business continue to support the...
With Ukraine war at critical junction, China takes bigger role
Russia’s assault on Ukraine is turning into a war of attrition and the defenders are facing a critical problem – they are firing more...
North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine’s defences
From a small, non-descript house in a badly bombed village in eastern Ukraine, Andrii “Tuman”, who goes by his call sign meaning “fog”, commands...
Why Putin Cannot End His War Against Ukraine
Among the many terrible consequences of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin a year ago, one should be singled out—that is,...
No economic ‘knockout’ yet from West’s sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON — One month into the invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden stood in the courtyard of a grand Polish castle and laid out...
The Persistence of Great-Power Politics
At the Munich Security Conference in February 2022, mere days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s newly minted foreign minister, argued...