As far as Moscow’s concerned, the stakes in Libya are low and the potential returns very high.
- Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Aston University
For all the chatter about the Kremlin’s supposed preference for Trump over Clinton, its strategy is far from clear.
Neither Russia nor China like the EU, but they’ve each got their ways of dealing with its members.
Putin is superficially more popular than ever, but his extravagantly militaristic policy and Russia’s economic isolation mean he’s walking a tightrope.
Vladimir Putin burned a lot of bridges in Ukraine, so he’s finding new sources of international support wherever he can.
The West’s most popular political drama has finally started taking Russia seriously – a measure of how much Putin has changed the game.
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