Russia Reform Monitor No. 2532
Deportations, "filtration camps" key to the Kremlin's plans;
How Wagner is winning;
The Turkish role in Ukraine's war effort
Deportations, "filtration camps" key to the Kremlin's plans;
How Wagner is winning;
The Turkish role in Ukraine's war effort
The return of Russian disinformation;
Jerusalem weighs in with the Kremlin;
Russia's convict army;
The true state of Russia's economy
Perhaps the most profound impact of Russia’s new war has been to revitalize the West’s oldest and most enduring alliance. Until recently thought by many to be on its deathbed, NATO has found renewed purpose in deterring a revanchist and neo-imperial Russia, and convinced skeptics of the indispensable role it should play in maintaining global security.
Russia's increasingly criminal war;
Moscow's "Twin Cities" program a soft attempt at integration;
How Putin plans to reshape Russian society in his image;
Tokyo takes a stand
Whoever emerges from the inevitable turmoil in Russia, he, she, or they will have to address the open wound that Putin’s Ukraine gambit has opened in the Russian polity itself.