Checking the thermometers
Lyubov Glazunova on whether the battle against global warming can bring Russia and the West closer together
Is small business possible in big Russia?
Georgy Bovt on the prospects for small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia
How Russians Learned to Stop Dreaming and Love the Past
Vladislav Inozemtsev ponders Russians’ unique fear of the future
“Fem-fanatics” and “Gender-Neutral Devils”: Russia’s Public Sphere Responds to Woke Culture
Ella Rossman reflects on the “new ethics” firing up the Russian public sphere
Who are Navalny’s Digital Dissidents?
Andrei Semenov and Jan Matti Dollbaum paint a socio-political portrait of Alexey Navalny’s online followers
The X-Files: How the Russian state is creeping underground
Ivan Tkachev on how the Russian authorities are gradually withdrawing citizens’ access to information
A Russian orbital station: Dreams or plans?
Pavel Luzin on why the Russian orbital station project is about bargaining with the USA
Mishustin and the Politics of Stagflation
Nick Trickett believes Russia’s government is fighting a losing battle against inflation
Spiralling radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Harold Chambers warns how heavy handed security service crackdowns are galvanising islamic radicalisation in the North Caucasus
Could the West Have Saved Russia from Itself?
Igor Gretskiy examines Russia’s readiness to join NATO in the 1990s
Outliving Putin & Co
Vladislav Inozemtsev on why Putin’s Russia is a corporation rather than a state
Russia’s Constitutional Amendments and International Law: Cause for Concern?
Paul Fisher looks into some of the legal greyzones that remain after Russia rejigged its constitution