Russia Steps Up Its Game in Africa

Traditional narratives around geopolitical competition in Africa have focused on the U.S.-China rivalry, while the role of other players —...

Tim Stanley

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False Friends, Part 12

Фортуна: good fortune Everyone knows about ложные друзья переводчиков (translator’s false friends)....

Michele A. Berdy

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Ukraine Peace Talks Get Some Help From Putin

Under constant pressure from protesters who fear a “surrender” to Russia, the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is laying out...

Leonid Bershidsky

8 thursday

Why the Raids on Navalny Should Concern Every Russian

I was actually planning to write a column on something else today, but early on Tuesday morning investigative officers came, searched my apartment...

Fyodor Krashennikov

10 thursday

Turkey and Russia Show That Land Grabs Can Pay Off

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s land grab in Syria, like his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s Crimea annexation, has met with a...

Leonid Bershidsky

7 16.10.2019

What’s Behind Russian Media’s Obsession With the Death Penalty?

Читайте русскую версию здесь. It must come as no surprise that Russian politics are often described as Byzantine. Unlike...

Ilya Klishin

2 16.10.2019

Japanese Investment Floundering Despite Arctic Energy Deal

At the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian city of Vladivostok last month, Japan’s Mitsui & Co and the state-backed Japan Oil, Gas, and...

James Brown

4 16.10.2019

Is Putin Over his Resentment?

As a long-standing member of the Valdai Discussion Club, I have the privilege of being there in person when the President of the Russian Federation...

Andrei Kortunov

4 15.10.2019

Does Putin No Longer Resent the West?

As a long-standing member of the Valdai Discussion Club, I have the privilege of being there in person when the President of the Russian Federation...