Long-promised deliveries of Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria have still not happened. Why not?
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Beyond inflated official statistics and lofty rhetoric, what are the real capabilities of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons programme, and how does this square with today’s doctrines of nuclear de-escalation?
Russia’s authorities are monitoring the events in Armenia closely, and with good reason
Why Putin will not be able to repeat Gorbachev’s deal with the West
By promoting a culture of constant and automatic finger pointing, Russia’s president is stifling and distorting public discourse. Stories that claim others are always to blame may be gratifying, but they are also willful delusions.
Putin’s programme for his next term in office is based on a pledge to pump at least 30 trillion roubles into the Russian economy. He doesn’t say where it will come from.
If you are intrigued by the title, this means such a possibility exists
Is there any potential for an anti-war movement in Russia?
The ideas of counter-cultural figures from the Perestroika years are taking on a new social and political significance in contemporary Russian society
There is nothing unique about the way Russians are responding to authoritarian rule
By approving of Ivan Ilyin’s philosophy, the Russian state is effectively sugar coating a holder of bitterly fascist views
The Putin regime will collapse when the political demand for change from both society and the elites outweighs the system’s inclination for self-preservation