Politics
A close look at the inner workings of authoritarian power in Russia and beyond, and the forces that could one day transform it: how the Kremlin holds and wields power, why the democratic opposition endures, and what a genuine political renewal would take
Russian Interference in the Political Life of the Republic of Moldova
And the Limits of a Democratic Response
The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russian Foreign Policy
In the Context of the War in Ukraine
From Betrayal to Conditional Belonging
Emigration and Political Loyalty in Wartime Russia
2026 Russian Parliamentary Elections
Part I: Candidate Nomination
Elections After a Quarter-Century Dictatorship
What We Expect to Learn
If You Capture the Children, You Capture the Future
How Putin’s Russia is waging war against the next generation
Foreign Interference and the Limits of Democratic Response
Moldova’s Experience in the Electoral Campaigns of 2023–2025
Exile by Design
Russia’s Systematic Transfer of Crimean Prisoners in Violation of International Law
Georgian Dream’s Political Prisoner System
Mass Imprisonment as a Tool of Authoritarian Rule
Putin’s Fatal Blow to Russia’s Demographics
The Main Short-Term Challenge Is the Wipeout of the Young Adult Male Population