The World’s Two-faced Leaders
Authoritarian rulers have often used body doubles – what are they trying to hide? The pressures of wartime leadership are taking a toll on...
A new ‘Club of Angry Patriots’ is entering Russian politics, threatening Putin
Pro-war Russian nationalists led by Igor Girkin said on Friday that a new group they had set up was entering politics to save Russia...
Russia at War
Observers are quick to detect signs of growing domestic discontent with Putin’s war against Ukraine. But Russian society and business continue to support the...
How War Crimes Prosecutions Work
After more than a year of international outrage at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and shocking atrocities, there’s an arrest warrant out for Russian President...
Why Putin Cannot End His War Against Ukraine
Among the many terrible consequences of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin a year ago, one should be singled out—that is,...
Putin’s shadow looms large at Munich Security Conference
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated discussions at the Munich Security Conference. Western leaders and diplomats had a clear message for the man in the...
Power Struggle in the Russian Armed Forces
General Sergey Surovikin was commander-in-chief of the “special military operation,” as Russia still officially calls its war of aggression against Ukraine, for just three...