Russia

Phone chat feared by Putin's elite

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - April 2, 2023.

Russia's elites are getting desperate because of the problems that the aggression on Ukraine have got them into, and they have started sending messages to...

Is the Russian elite preparing the same scenario for Putin as Khrushchev experienced after the Cuban nuclear crisis?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - March 26, 2023.

The decision by the International Criminal Court to indict and arrest Putin as a war criminal has scattered everything in Russia, including the Kremlin’s agenda...

The ICC's indictment - a symbolic gesture that makes Putin hunted

Russia The Editorial Board - March 18, 2023.

The indictment and arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) was probably the Rubicon no one in Russia even expected. According...

Who will succeed Putin? Technocrats or spycrats?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - March 16, 2023.

The question everyone is asking is who will come after Putin. There is much talk of Putin’s young so called technocrats. The use of the...

Putin's talks with the two Kadyrovs - attempts to prevent the storm

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - March 5, 2023.

Putin's Achilles' heel is not only in Ukraine. Dynastic and tribal relations in Chechnya can become his second one. On Victory Day, May 9, 2004,...

Applause from Putin's elite - addressing the nation as a test of loyalty

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - February 26, 2023.

Vladimir Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, was a classic piece of Franz...

Russia eludes financial sanctions through thousands of fictitious transfers abroad

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - February 19, 2023.

Since financial sanctions were introduced against Russia due to its aggression against Ukraine, thousands of people have been engaged in a new business - they...

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