Operation Vivaldi: success of Ukraine’s counteroffensive shows it has learned to manoeuvre on a drone‑filled battlefield
Ukraine’s military has scored a significant recent success. But what does it mean for the war?
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What is Alexei Navalny’s legacy for the people of Russia?
Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be another opposition figure like him.
No surprise as Putin’s party wins election billed as ‘referendum’ on war in Ukraine
Putin’s party was always going to win big. But the campaign revealed ambivalence about the war, particularly in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Is the US limiting Starlink in Ukraine? The consequences could be catastrophic
The satellite technology is vital both on the battlefield and for defending Ukraine’s cities.
The other pivot to Asia and why success in China is not all it seems for Putin’s Russia
The headline accomplishment of Vladimir Putin’s trip to China is hard to deny: a 30-year deal estimated to be worth US$400 billion for Russia to deliver gas to China. But it isn’t the unqualified win that…
A year since MH17, Russia’s foreign policy is as problematic as ever
Russia’s response to the MH17 disaster came close to making it an international pariah – and an ensuing year of madcap foreign policy has only made things worse.
Blown out of the sky: Putin and Russia’s strategic ‘trilemma’
Whether or not MH17 was shot down on purpose or was just a ghastly mistake, international opinion is overwhelmingly that the airliner was downed by separatist rebels and that they were trained – and their…
Russia and China present a united front to the west – but there’s plenty of potential for friction
They are hardly ‘new best friends’, but China and Russia have plenty of common interests – and pressure points.
Some nations have done well out of Russia being sanctioned – here’s why
Russia has looked for new trading partners as sanctions bite, but also suffered a brain drain.
Fact Check: does Vladimir Putin really want a Brexit from the European Union?
The remain camp argue that Russia is one of only a few countries that favour the UK leaving the EU. We asked two academics.
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