Realpolitik to deter Russia and other takeaways from our series on post-Soviet transformations
In this short summary of the main takeaways from our series of interviews with ten intellectuals from Belarus,…
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Putin now says Ukraine is becoming ‘the anti-Russia’
The Kremlin leader added this will require “particular attention” from the Russian authorities because it involves the security…
Pandemic prompting Russia to reaction, isolation, and decay, Shevtsova says
Because of the pandemic, 2020 was “’the year of the Apocalypse” for both Russia and the West, but…
Ukraine cuts more of last remaining links with post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States
In his critical commentary, Russian observer Fyodor Koloskov says that most people think Ukraine began to leave the…
Shevtsova: Kremlin’s ‘obsession’ with Ukraine crippling Russia
The Kremlin’s “obsession” with Ukraine, Lilia Shevtsova, once again this week very much on display in the wake…
Bleak future for Belarus seen if Europe follows US and ends backing for opposition
US President Donald Trump has proposed cutting all assistance to the democratic opposition in Belarus, a move that…
Putin’s failure to attract CIS leaders to Victory parade marks shift from post-Soviet era to Russian world, Dubnov says
Only one leader of another former Soviet republic, Moldova’s Igor Dodon, joined Vladimir Putin for Moscow’s Victory Day…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Russia and Belarus protests – ‘part of general crisis in post-Soviet space,’ Portnikov says
The anti-corruption protests in Russia and the anti-vagrants tax ones in Belarus are “the direct result of the…