Russian diesel-electric submarines: A classic balance of powers
Pavel Luzin on how Moscow’s real capabilities impact its maritime ambitions
Arms
Russia’s Myanmar Gambit
Ivan U. Klyszcz takes stock of Russia’s reactions to the Myanmar coup and what the ongoing crisis has brought to its Southeast Asia diplomacy
Russia’s military in the 2020s
Pavel Luzin on the challenges the Russian defence industry will face in the 2020s
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
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?
Russia’s BattleBots
Pavel Luzin looks at the Russian military’s strides toward robotization, and finds a few missteps
Russia’s arms manufacturers are a financial black hole
Pavel Luzin examines the most pressing problem facing Russia’s defence industry in 2020s
Will Russia deliver the S-400 to Iran?
Anton Mardasov and Kirill Semenov on the impact of the downed Boeing 737 on Russia-Iran military and technical cooperation
How Russia is fending off US-led defence sanctions
Max Hess on how a series of S-400 sales demonstrates how the Trump Administration dropped the ball on Russian defense sanctions
The technical barriers to Russia’s military triumphs
Pavel Luzin considers why the Russian armed forces end this decade in a place of deep uncertainty