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Leonid Bershidsky

Leonid Bershidsky

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Wagner coup cost Russia suspiciously little money

In the aftermath of the failed mutiny by the Wagner Group mercenary army and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, dissatisfaction with Russia’s military...

07.07.2023 90

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Leonid Bershidsky

Vladimir Putin is weakened — but his system isn’t

The recent mutiny attempt by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary army has undoubtedly weakened Vladimir Putin personally: He publicly promised a...

02.07.2023 60

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Leonid Bershidsky

Putin’s nuclear scare tactics will fall flat

As Ukraine’s armed forces routinely shell Russia’s southwestern regions and send armed drones as far as Moscow itself, the worry grows within the...

22.06.2023 90

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Leonid Bershidsky

War in Ukraine so far favors the defense

Nearly a week after the Ukrainian counteroffensive began in earnest, the Russian defenses are largely holding, and it’s clear that the Ukrainian...

14.06.2023 90

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Leonid Bershidsky

Ukraine’s attacks on Russia are a calculated gamble

The May 30 drone attack on Moscow, with at least three unmanned aerial vehicles hitting apartment blocks, is the most dramatic evidence so far of a...

02.06.2023 100

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Leonid Bershidsky

Bakhmut falls but is it really a Russian victory?

The eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces after more than 220 days of house-to-house fighting, is unique in that it comes with...

23.05.2023 40

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Leonid Bershidsky

Why Russian TV isn’t Tucker Carlson’s dream job

Has this ever happened to any leading U.S. television personality? Less than 24 hours after being ditched by Fox News, TV host Tucker Carlson had job...

28.04.2023 30

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Leonid Bershidsky

Putin’s paranoia deviates from its Soviet roots

Many of us who grew up in the Soviet Union find grimly familiar features in today’s Russia, including a blossoming official paranoia grounded in a...

09.04.2023 20

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Leonid Bershidsky

Finally, a serious offer to take Putin off Russia’s hands

Dmitry Kiselyov, the Russian propagandist-in-chief who rarely misses a chance to lash out at the “Russophobic” West, spent the nearly three hours...

27.03.2023 20

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Leonid Bershidsky

Putin has decided to normalize his war

The big news from Vladimir Putin’s almost two-hour state-of-the-nation address late last month wasn’t Russia’s suspension of the New START...

07.03.2023 30

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Leonid Bershidsky

Vladimir Putin’s favorite entrepreneur specializes in war

For the first time since July 2022, the Russian invaders in Ukraine have been able to claim that they’ve captured a Ukrainian town — Soledar,...

08.02.2023 20

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Leonid Bershidsky

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