Ukraine is the Graveyard of Europe’s Last Empire
In his efforts to revive a Russian empire, Mr. Putin may have decisively doomed his country’s chances of ever being one again. For that, Russia’s president has no one but himself to blame.
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Russia Reform Monitor No.2588
Prioritizing war over education;
How Wagner is exploiting Africa;
Gallup: Russia in imperial decline;
Informing on your neighbors makes a comeback
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2587
The risky business of Russian defense science;
Truss: focus on Ukrainian victory, not Russian Democracy;
A different kind of prisoner's dilemma;
Belgrade rethinks loosened citizenship rules for Russians;
Greater connectivity for Kyiv
Russia Reform Monitor No. 2586
Informing on your classmates comes back into vogue;
The Kremlin's curious retention policy;
Citizenship for service;
Next stop, Minsk;
Russia's brain drain intensifies
Backing Russia Is Costing China In Europe
Last month, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, visited Kyiv, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Brussels with “a clear message”: European governments should view Beijing as an alternative to Washington, and recognize Ukrainian territories seized by Moscow as belonging to Russia in order to quickly end the war.