The first lessons of Kazakhstan’s “Big Bang”
Vladislav Inozemtsev discusses the economic and social parallels between Russia and Kazakhstan
‘We are being dragged into a war’
Denis Volkov on Russian public opinion on a possible conflict with Ukraine
Fifth-generation fighter jets
Pavel Luzin on Sukhoi Su-57 and Su-75 ‘Checkmate’ fighters in the political and economic context
The meaning of Russian troops in Kazakhstan
Max Hess unpicks why the Kremlin has activated the CSTO to help quell civil unrest in Kazakhstan
Not only the carrot and the stick: civil society management in Putin’s Russia
Vsevolod Bederson and Andrey Semyonov on the carrot-and-stick approach used by autocracies to manage civil society
Time to choose geopolitics or stability
Vladislav Inozemtsev on why 2022 could be a fateful year for Russia
The worst year in the history of post-Soviet Russia
Sergey Davidis on the encroachment on human rights in Russia in 2021
Germany and Russia in 2021
Dmitry Stratievski comments on the events in German-Russian relations in 2021
Doing away with props: Russia and the Middle East in 2021
Anton Mardasov on how Moscow’s actions towards the West resonated in the Middle East
One year in the life of a consolidated personalist dictatorship
Mikhail Turchenko on why the scope and harshness of repression will only grow