Tag Archives: ukraine

On the discontents of the municipal reform, arrest season in the regions, and others

Posted on May 31, 2025 by

How is the Kremlin’s recently adopted municipal reform playing out in the regions, especially given unexpected protests in the Krasnoyarsk Territory? Are the recent arrests of regional officials, among them several ministers and deputy ministers significant? When the Kremlin names … Continue reading →

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On the disaster in the Oval Office, industrial support measures and others

Posted on March 4, 2025 by

What are the implications of Trump and Vance bullying Zelenskyy in the Oval Office for the Kremlin and for Europe? How does the mobster mentality that Trump brings to international relations changes the Kremlin’s calculus regarding the war? Will the … Continue reading →

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On what the Kursk incursion says about the limits of Russia’s flawed federalism

Posted on August 28, 2024 by

It is still unclear whether Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk Region has changed the calculus of Russia’s military leadership and the course of the war, but the Russian reaction to it has already highlighted the limits of the Kremlin’s governance … Continue reading →

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No country for old politics

Posted on March 27, 2023 by

March has seen the start of this year’s spring “gubernatoropad” (“the season of falling governors”) in Russia with the dismissal of (as of this writing) two governors. While ongoing rumors and some recent investigations indicate that there could be more … Continue reading →

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Short-termism and the long war

Posted on July 28, 2022 by

One of the reasons why the economic crisis triggered by the war and Western sanctions has not caused bigger problems in Russia is that so far both the population and elites could afford to believe that throwing more resources on … Continue reading →

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Agents of Control

Posted on June 22, 2022 by

Where do Russia’s new appointees in the occupied Eastern Ukrainian territories come from, and what do these appointments tell us about Russia’s designs with the occupied territories?

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Mobilization, a new statism and the question of time

Posted on April 27, 2022 by

Eight years into Russia’s war on Ukraine and two months into the present invasion, the perspective of a protracted war and long-term sanctions is increasingly considered on all sides. The invasion has led to significant changes in Russia already, including … Continue reading →

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