Ukraine
The drumroll for European security
Anton Barbashin looks at what the Putin-Biden e-meeting has achieved for Ukraine, Russia and NATO
What sanctions can deter Russia from another aggression in Ukraine?
Maria Shagina weighs in on which sanctions tools the West can still deploy to prevent Russia from marching into Ukraine
Will Russia march into Ukraine (again)?
Anton Barbashin looks into what’s motivating Russian military activity along the Ukrainian border
A respite from the sanctions war
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the sanctions policy against Moscow has become a stage setting for interstate communication instead of a means of persuasion
Passport expansion
Olga Gulina on how geopolitics helps Russia to address socio-economic and demographic challenges
COVID-19 vaccine: lifeline, or geopolitical loyalty?
Olga Gulina looks into how Eurasian countries have set about vaccinating their populations
Russia’s response to Belarus crisis: possible lessons from Abkhazia
Neil Hauer finds Russia’s reactions to popular uprisings in Abkhazia a compelling historical indicator of how Russia might react to the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus
Russia’s sanctions laws could be about to change
Sergey Glandin takes a close look at the recent Duma proposals to alter Russian sanctions law
Russia’s loan to Moldova (and its geopolitical strings)
Maximilian Hess looks into Russia’s loan offer to Moldova and finds several geopolitical strings attached
The destiny of Donbas … without Surkov?
Ivan Preobrazhensky on the “resignation” of Vladislav Surkov and what that means for east Ukraine