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Moscow’s vulnerability

Despite the apparent stability of an authoritarian war regime that still has resources available to it, Russia’s future is uncertain. Whereas Vladimir Putin came to power promising to restore order following the “chaos” of the Yeltsin…

Russia: the most confused nation in the world

Yevgeny Prigozhyn’s anti-climactic “march for justice” at the end of June was more of a matter of when than of if in the context of a fading Russian Federation. The carefully built facade of order, unity and patriotism has been pierced by…