Russia Reform Monitor No. 2567
Rescuing Russia's anti-war dissidents;
Authoritarian birds of a feather flock together...;
...As Beijing mulls arming Moscow;
Now a media pariah as well;
Tensions deepen between Wagner and Russia's military brass
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The Kremlin Isn’t Just Fighting Ukraine. It’s Fighting The Future
Simply put, allowing Ukraine to be independent – or, worse yet, to chart a clear path toward the West –would sound the death knell for any lingering hopes of empire that Russia’s rulers still harbor.
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2566
Russia's African footprint deepens;
Americans warned again to leave Russia;
Moldova in the crosshairs;
Western sanctions hit Russian gas exports;
In State of the Nation, Putin strikes a defiant note
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2564
War makes Russia's dismal demographics worse...;
...And prompts major ideological and political changes;
Yashin's appeal to the west;
Wagner's depleted ranks
Parsing Russian Support for Putin’s War
Just how solid is the domestic backing for Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine? For months, Western observers have pondered the question, amid signs that — despite an expanding array of onerous sanctions and restrictions imposed by the U.S. and Europe — internal backing for the “special military operation” initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin last February remains high.