Putin’s revived regional tour aims to reassure war-weary Russians and shore up the Kremlin’s image of stability ahead of State Duma elections in 2026.

The war is erasing the line between governing Russia’s regions and mobilising them for the front

The BBC has seen evidence from previous cases that Russian-linked proxies not only handled drones and explosives, but also delivered them to Germany.

Following the introduction of Western sanctions in 2022, the international movement of Russian students and early-career researchers has gradually shifted towards China, where new linguistic, professi...

Drone and missile strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilian and industrial infrastructure have accelerated the transformation of the Putin regime. Previously, it was characterised by an i...

Kremlin tends to interpret Ankara’s closer engagement with Western countries as a series of tactical, transactional moves rather than a fundamental geopolitical pivot.

Sommé par Kiev de rompre ses liens militaires avec Moscou, courtisé sans succès par les Occidentaux, Alexandre Loukachenko, le président biélorusse, maintient son pays dans une posture d’appui discret...

As war disrupts everyday life, growing pessimism could fuel emigration, capital flight and an increasingly repressive Kremlin response

The Russian economy continues to decline under the influence of well-established factors: military spending, high interest rates, and sanctions.

Andrey Melnichenko’s article signals Moscow’s terms for post-war dialogue while seeking to reassure Russia’s increasingly anxious business elite

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The Russian coal industry has reached a point at which preserving the existing economic model of the country's coal-producing regions will require permanent, ever greater state support unless structur...

A network of active supporters of the war has emerged among Russians – the so-called Z community. This group may account for up to one third of the population and has considerable potential for politi...

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Ukraine's refinery strikes have exposed not only fuel shortages, but the structural weaknesses of Putin's highly centralised system of governance

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The state nationalises most of the companies operating within a 'a strategic sector'. Private businesses are compelled to finance the state's plans through mandatory payments.

Russia’s first national parliamentary elections since the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine will take place in September this year.

Ukraine is “doing so much better over the last couple of months”, said Nato. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Moscow’s foreign intelligence agency links war in Ukraine to an unresolved 1850s grievance between Britain and Russia.

The Kremlin is stepping up preparations to ensure Kaliningrad can withstand isolation in the event of a crisis with NATO

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Russian online marketplaces have experienced remarkable growth and have become an important part of the Russian economy, ultimately attracting the attention of the state.

Russia and Ukraine are facing long-term depopulation, and the response to this challenge is the recruitment of migrants, primarily from Central Asia.

Repression in Russia is no longer a response to dissent, but a core mechanism of governance, disciplining society and elites while preparing the way for the Putin regime to assume a still more authori...

The relay equipment that helps guide Russian drones over Belarus went dark on June 22, days after President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a public ultimatum, threatening to disable the equipment with Ukra...

The arrest of Ilya Traber signals that even Putin's oldest allies are no longer immune if their loyalty to the war effort is in doubt

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