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Trump and Russian Multipolarity: Weighing the Pros and Cons
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (209+ words) Anton Barbashin on the upsides and downsides of Trump’s presidency for the Kremlin Why such polar assessments—not only among outside observers but also among Russian officials and the foreign-policy community? Is it already possible to say unequivocally whether Trump…...
The Return Narrative: How Russia Legitimizes Occupation
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1045+ words) Riddle Russia The Return Narrative: How Russia Legitimizes Occupation Maksym Panchokha on the work of Russian Military Historical Society in occupied Ukraine Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory is often measured in military terms: towns captured, borders shifted, and front lines…...
Iran and Russia: An Incomplete Alliance with Unclear Prospects
1+ week, 2+ day ago (340+ words) By 2026, however, bilateral trade had still failed to reach a qualitatively new level. Progress in other areas has been modest, and the possibility of Western sanctions on Tehran being lifted as part of a potential deal with the United States…...
Lulling the Discontented: How the Authorities Are “Drying Out” the 2026 Elections
1+ week, 6+ day ago (459+ words) Ksenia Smolyakova sums up the first weeks of the Duma campaign The election campaign for the State Duma, which officially began on June 16, is unfolding against a backdrop of serious problems: a fuel crisis, internet blackouts, and regular strikes on…...
Kadyrov Buys Time
2+ week, 4+ day ago (166+ words) Andrey Pertsev’s weekly political roundup (July 6−10) Kadyrov’s tenure has included several visible crises: he has staged mass rallies in his own support and released information about a supposed meeting with Putin before the Kremlin had confirmed it (the meeting may…...
Russia in Africa is Still About Propaganda
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (63+ words) Ivan U. Klyszcz on how Russia’s relationship with sub-Saharan Africa has evolved since 2022 Research fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Tallinn, Estonia Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin on How Russia-Israel Relations Have Changed Since February 2022 Roman Chernikov examines…...
Without a Future and Without Roots – Riddle Russia
3+ week, 5+ day ago (458+ words) Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (June 29 — July 3) Over the weekend, United Russia held its pre-election congress and approved its candidate list for the State Duma. Party chairman, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, and former president Dmitry Medvedev…...
A Partnership in Doubt: The Evolution of Russian-Israeli Relations
3+ week, 5+ day ago (588+ words) Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin on How Russia-Israel Relations Have Changed Since February 2022 Relations between Russia and Israel after the restoration of diplomatic ties on the eve of the Soviet Union’s collapse can be roughly divided into three stages. The first stage…...
A General in a Suit
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (445+ words) Gladkov and Sergei Kirienko’s political team had hoped to use the Belgorod governorship as a springboard for federal-level advancement. The war upended those plans. The region descended into crisis, while personnel stagnation in the Kremlin and government only deepened. Gladkov…...
Armenia and Russia: Rethinking the Relationship – Riddle Russia
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (371+ words) Roman Chernikov examines whether Yerevan has truly broken with Moscow Moscow now faces a formal ally that openly declares a European course, hosts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in its capital, and asks Russia to scale back its economic footprint so…...