Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.
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The forthcoming March election in Russia is likely to mean another victory for Vladimir Putin, who remains popular, for now.
Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
Vladimir Putin and his KGB men have steadily extinguished the artistic freedom the genre enjoyed in the 1990s, with Ukraine’s invasion adding yet another nail in the coffin.
Putin has progressively sickened Russian society, creating a toxic culture that celebrates xenophobia, nativism, and violence.
Russian authorities have given no legitimate justification for dropping criminal cases against rebel troops – undermining both President Vladimir Putin and the legal system.
Russia’s systematic manipulation of children dates back long before the war in Ukraine, to when the Soviet Union first made false promises to its large population of orphans.
China has provided Russia with economic support during the war in Ukraine. But Beijing may be concerned over recent events in Moscow.
Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
China’s partnership with Russia has been unbalanced in recent years, as Beijing grew more powerful.
Alliances around the Ukraine war have highlighted fragmenting support for the west.
A scholar of Russia’s legal code explains the case against the Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage.
Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
Stalin, who died on March 5, 1953, was partially rehabilitated in the decades that followed. These days, he is in some respects a source of inspiration for Vladimir Putin.
Pavlovsky became the ultimate insider – until he fell out with the boss he had helped make all-powerful.
Where does the conflict stand after 12 months? We’ve lined up some leading political and military analysts to give their insights.
Over 12 months of conflict, the Kremlin has relied on its tried and tested disinformation playbook.
A year into the war in Ukraine, a historian reflects on how it has affected the geopolitical environment.
The first people who studied tyranny were the ancient Greeks, an expert says.
People understand the world through the stories they are told and tell, a historian writes. In the case of the war in Ukraine, narratives can create problems.
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Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Director, Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education, Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
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Assistant Professor of Russian Discourse and Politics, University of Groningen
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Professor of Anthropology, Area Studies and Russian, United States Naval Academy
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
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Vice Dean, Global Engagement | Associate Professor in Political Economy and Entrepreneurship, King's College London
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