By Pavel K. Baev Russian President Vladimir Putin announced neither surprising nor radical revisions in Russia’s nuclear doctrine on September 25 (Kremlin.ru, September 25). He committed to revising the government’s vague document back…
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Legacy Of Putin’s War On Terror Weighs Heavily On Modern Russia – Analysis
By Pavel K. Baev In September 1999, Moscow and the whole of Russia were shaken by a series of deadly explosions that marked the beginning of a still ongoing era of autocratic degradation…
What Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Tells Us About Putin’s Russia – Analysis
By Olga Khvostunova (FPRI) — In early August, the Ukrainian army broke into Russia and, virtually undeterred, rapidly advanced seizing a significant area of the borderline region of Kursk. Given that this…
Belarus Would Be Wise To Stay Out Of Putin’s War – Analysis
By Luke Coffey Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took an unexpected turn last month when Ukrainian troops made a surprise move into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, capturing more than 1,200 square kilometers of Russian…
Russian Investigation Confirms Putin’s Son Was Born In Switzerland
By Elena Servettaz The Dossier Center, a website specialised in tracking the criminal activities of people connected to the Kremlin, has confirmed that one of the sons of Russian President Vladimir Putin was…
Putin’s Visit To North Korea: Implications For The Region – Analysis
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea on 18-19 June 2024, his first in 24 years, and the signing of a new treaty explicitly displayin Russia’s formalised backing of the Kim…
What To Watch For In Putin’s Annual Address – Analysis
By Robert Coalson (RFE/RL) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to parliament and the nation on February 29, less than three weeks before an election that is set to…
The Monster Returns: Stalin Looms Large Over Putin’s Russia – Analysis
By Robert Coalson (RFE/RL) — In the second-largest city in Russia’s Tatarstan region, Naberezhnye Chelny, there is an unusual statue of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the grounds of an unlicensed private school….