Russia

The digital ruble - a means of control, but also capital redistribution

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - August 20, 2023.

Russia announced the successful pilot release of the digital ruble on August 15. According to the announcement, as the initial step, it will start selectively...

Not an ordinary oligarch - should Putin be afraid of the founder of Russian Google?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - August 13, 2023.

Arkady Volozh, the former head, co-founder and one of the principal shareholders of Yandex, the Russian search engine company rightfully referred to as the Russian...

Russia has exhausted many of its war resources - the people's willingness to suffer has become the No. 1 resource for the Kremlin

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - August 6, 2023.

A shock after the original sanctions has passed. Russia has learned to function and flip reality in the last year and a half. The nihilistic attitude...

Struggle for succession - could Russia have a more dangerous leader than Putin?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - July 30, 2023.

Russia has a remarkable ability to re-enact events from the past or even imitate characters from Russian classical literature, among many other peculiar and extremely...

Shoigu's shopping list in Pyongyang - trade out of necessity and violation of UN resolutions

Russia Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 28, 2023.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang wearing a military uniform and met with the highest North Korean officials, including the nation's leader Kim...

Putin's fear of flying - how to weaponise paranoia?

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - July 23, 2023.

Even if he had been granted immunity by the International Criminal Court, Vladimir Putin would not have travelled to South Africa for the BRICS summit...

God job NAFO! Why do Russians like to be feared and hate being laughed at?

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

The American dream is about an individual’s hard work, which leads to prosperity and wealth. Being feared is the “Russian dream”. Russians don’t believe an individual’s...

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