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Don't Blame Putin Alone for Russia's Misdeeds – It's the System

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Boris Bondarev

Carnegie Politika: Russia’s System Is Beginning to Eat Its Own

Carnegie Politika: Russia’s System Is Beginning to Eat Its Own

Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former...

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Tatiana Stanovaya For Carnegie Politika

How ‘Masha and the Bear’ Upset This Putinist Activist

How ‘Masha and the Bear’ Upset This Putinist Activist

A certain olitical scientist and activist named Vadim Popov has decided to make a name for himself by proposing that Russia restrict screenings of...

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Valery Panyushkin

Russia’s System Is Beginning to Eat Its Own

Russia’s System Is Beginning to Eat Its Own

Wartime Russia has seen an unprecedented wave of political arrests. It has included the routing of the political clan of the once-powerful former...

30.10.2025 1

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Tatiana Stanovaya

Russia's Central Bank Has Lost What Remained of Its Independence

Russia's Central Bank Has Lost What Remained of Its Independence

The Russian Central Bank has cut the key interest rate again from 17% to 16.5%, as most experts had predicted. The cut is symbolic: the Central...

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Tatyana Rybakova

Russia's Nuclear-Powered Missile Test Was More for Show Than Substance

Russia's Nuclear-Powered Missile Test Was More for Show Than Substance

Russian propagandists are trumpeting the “successful test” of the Burevestnik missile — a cruise missile with a nuclear-powered engine that...

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Boris Bondarev