Russia’s war economy is not collapsing, but neither is it stable. It survives by pushing strain into the future – into labour ...
Twenty-five years ago this week, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power to a hand-picked successor. “Take care of Russia,” was Yeltsin’s final ...
In its final days, the Biden administration is poised to impose a new round of sanctions on Russian oil exports, marking a significant escalation in efforts to curtail Moscow’s energy revenues. These ...
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Russia’s real crisis begins when the Ukraine war ends

Reuben F. Johnson examines what Russia will look like when—and if—the war in Ukraine ever ends. -Drawing on Stephen Kotkin’s ...
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement in January to create a joint Baltic defense line against future Russian attacks. Last week, Lithuania announced it had deployed mines and anti-tank ...
Russia, the supposed military superpower, now depends on Iranian drones, North Korean missiles, and World War II-era Soviet equipment to fight its war on Ukraine. It has lost more than 700,000 ...
Since the Site 31 pad is the only one operated by Roscosmos capable of launching both the crewed Soyuz rocket and the ...
The Russian Federation has labeled cybersecurity firm Recorded Future as "undesirable," a designation that CEO Christopher Ahlberg considers a compliment. “Some things in life are rare compliments.
Recorded Future, an American threat intelligence company, has become the first cybersecurity firm designated by the Russian government as an "undesirable" organization. The Russian authorities ...
The Russian government has set a new precedent for itself by officially designating Recorded Future, the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) company, as "undesirable." It's a development that the ...
Vladimir Putin, 71, has been president or prime minister of Russia since August 1999, clamping down ever harder on dissent while building up a personalized authoritarian system that has proven durable ...
The offensive had several positive effects. Symbolically, it changed the entrenched narrative of recent months that Ukraine was only going to continue to lose territory over time. It has also raised ...