Russia Policy Monitor

The American Foreign Policy Council's Review of Russian Government Actions and U.S. Policy

Russia Policy Monitor

Russia Policy Monitor No.2592

July 17, 2023 Ilan I. Berman, Sydney Duckor, Josie Massenet

War service becomes a (mostly) blank check for misbehavior;
New understandings between Moscow and Havana;
A stumbling block for Western efforts to seize Russian assets;
What was Prigozhin thinking?;
Minsk's role in Russian war crimes

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2589

June 22, 2023 Ilan I. Berman, Sydney Duckor

Washington moves away from new START.. finally;
Russian wartime infighting escalates;
Expert: Russia committing "Cultural Genocide" in Ukraine;
The cost of Bakhmut;
Russia takes back Asian arms