Putin’s party was always going to win big. But the campaign revealed ambivalence about the war, particularly in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
- Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Falling approval ratings for the war and for Putin himself seem to have rattled the Russian leader.
Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.
Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is traditionally a show of military might. But things were different this year.
There are several credible candidates who might emerge to rival the wartime president.
In 1994 Russia and Kyivs western allies signed the Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty. It wasn’t worth the paper it was written on.
The country’s defence industry needs approximately 400,000 more workers than it currently employs.
Control of the Black Sea coast would threaten neighbouring Moldova.
Ukraine’s former prime minister thinks there is too much western involement in its institutions, but is that justified?
Volodymyr Zelensky has promised to reverse a crackdown on Ukraine’s anticorruption agencies following street protests.
La Russie défend une politique nataliste controversée, en rémunérant les adolescentes qui désireraient avoir des enfants. Elle n’est pas le seul pays à appliquer des mesures dites « pronatalistes ».
A opinião pública está dividida na Rússia em relação a uma nova medida para pagar as alunas que tiverem bebês
Public opinion is split in Russia over a new move to pay schoolgirls who have babies.
Russia has made advances into eastern Ukraine, but the human cost is an estimated 53 casualties per square kilometre seized.
Russian political figures are worried that young people nowadays are disconnected from their heritage.
Negotiations for peace in Ukraine are struggling to get off the ground, despite numerous meetings between US and Russian officials.
Ukrainian public attitudes about having nuclear weapons have shifted significantly in 30 years. Kyiv may consider setting up a nuclear programme.
North Korea’s pact with Putin means sending thousands of troops to fight in Ukraine. But losses are significant.
Georgia’s new president was not directly elected after a change to the constitution, and was the only person on the ballot.
Putin could have used the Ukraine offensive into Kursk as an excuse to ramp up conscription.
Jenny Mathers, an expert on the war in Ukraine, went to an exhibit to see what it revealed about the politics behind the conflict.
Religious leaders are playing a significant role in the war in Ukraine.
Roedd taith o gwmpas yr Unol Daleithiau yn ddiweddglo i ymgyrch heddwch ryfeddol a gasglodd 390,296 o lofnodion gan fenywod ledled Cymru. Felly pam nad yw'n ymddangos mewn unrhyw lyfrau hanes?
A tour of the US was the culmination of an extraordinary peace campaign that gathered 390,296 signatures from women all over Wales. So why does it not appear in any history books?
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