Fear, Unfreedom, and Migration Intentions

How power works in today's Russia — and how it might change. Expert analysis of the country's authoritarian system, its opposition, and the long road toward democratic renewal

Understanding Russia's war against Ukraine: how the aggression unfolds, the human cost it leaves behind, and what it means for the security of Europe and the wider world

The people who keep Russian civil society alive under pressure — those who defend rights, speak freely, and resist authoritarian control even as the space for them narrows

How the Kremlin's propaganda machine shapes what people believe — the techniques behind state disinformation, and the way it bends reality at home and abroad

What is really happening to the Russian economy — how war, sanctions, and corruption strain its foundations, and what that means for ordinary people and global markets