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Russia’s New Radicalization Poses Problems

Harold Chambers expects a heavy-handed and weaponized security response to the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, particularly in regions considered prone to militancy risks, such as Ingushetia

Riddle News Week
Revenge crossroads
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (March 18−22)
Andrey Pertsev sums up the week (March 18−22)
Transnistria’s hybrid rebuke to Moldova’s reintegration agenda

Denis Cenusa on how the authorities in Chisinău are using Ukraine war to press Transnistria on reintegration, prompting a backlash from Tiraspol

Devoid of substance: the 2024 presidential elections

Ksenia Smolyakova examines how voters in Russia's regions missed out on the country's main election campaign

The unbearable lightness of Georgia’s car re-exports

Vakhtang Partsvania discusses how, where and why car re-exports from Georgia are expanding against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, and casts light on rising sanctions risks

Explaining The Rise of Telegram

Olga Logunova looks at how Russia’s banning of Twitter and Meta since the war in Ukraine began have helped push Telegram into social media dominance

Political bloc without borders and boundaries

Andrey Pertsev examines Sergey Kiriyenko’s empire

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Authors
  • Harold Chambers

    Analyst on conflict, nationalism, and security in the North Caucasus

  • Andrey Pertsev

    Journalist, Meduza Special Correspondent

  • Denis Cenusa

    Political analyst, associated expert at Eastern Europe Studies Centre (Lithuania) and Expert-Grup (Moldova)

  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist

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