Russia Reform Monitor No. 2569
The mounting toll from Russia's war;
After Ukraine... Belarus?
Wagner plots a coup in Africa;
A helping hand from the PRC;
Taking stock of Moscow's military progress
The mounting toll from Russia's war;
After Ukraine... Belarus?
Wagner plots a coup in Africa;
A helping hand from the PRC;
Taking stock of Moscow's military progress
Criminal reform, Russian style;
Holding Russia accountable for atrocities;
The bloom is off the Russian military rose;
Widening the conscript pool
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
Recognizing the Holocaust...;
...And rejecting it;
China's "propaganda" push on Xinjiang;
A grim forecast for 2023
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.