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  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Putin is launching an assault on the last vestiges of Soviet identity

    The attack on Ukraine has revealed faultlines in many Russians’ attitudes towards the former USSR

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Do not mistake Kherson retreat for a crack in Putin’s armour

    The act of invasion itself is seen as a victory: it will be as difficult for the Russian president to lose this war as to win it

  • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
    Russian politics
    Russia’s diplomats are now reduced to propagandists

    Once regarded as a sophisticated elite, foreign ministry officials now use extreme language to prove loyalty to the Kremlin

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