Navalny’s return puts the spotlight back on Russia’s security services
Kirill Shamiev sees Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia — and subsequent arrest — as another reminder of why reform of Russia’s security services is long overdue
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Russia’s military in the 2020s
Pavel Luzin on the challenges the Russian defence industry will face in the 2020s
Another Fraught Peace Is Brokered in Nagorno Karabakh. What Now?
Ivan Preobrazhensky comments on the fallout from the latest outbreak of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Sanctions and the Russian defence industry
Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
Russia and its chemical weapons: a short history
Pavel Luzin explains why the Russian approach to disarmament of chemical weapons is so controversial
The Russian military and COVID-19
Pavel Luzin on herd immunity to COVID-19 in the Russian Armed Forces
Digital literacy: Russia’s path
Sergey Davydov reflects on Russians’ adoption of digital habits at a time of coronavirus
Endless rumbles of Roscosmos reform
Pavel Luzin investigates why Russia’s state-run space corporation is changing its structure once again
Russian operation goes ‘offshore’ in Syria
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semenov describe how Moscow is trying to support the armed opposition without weakening al-Assad
When Russia abandons its bases
Why has Moscow given up on its radar station in Kazakhstan, and what is the fate of the sites in Belarus, asks Pavel Luzin?
So different, but in some ways so similar
Kirill Shamiev on civil-military relations in the USA and Russia
The army versus Putin?
Pavel Luzin looks into the voting habits of Russia’s military and wonders why military personnel were more likely to vote against constitutional amendments than their compatriots