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Putin Brought Back the KGB. It May Finish Him
The FSB has gone from counter-intelligence service to the only steering hand of the regime.
17 hrs ago
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German Engines Powering Putin’s Fleet
Four years into Western sanctions, billions of rubles' worth of European and American equipment is still reaching Russia's shipyards
Jun 15
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A Leaked Kremlin Report Reveals How They Fabricated Zelensky Dubai Apartment Story
A leaked internal briefing from the Kremlin-linked Social Design Agency takes credit for fabricating and seeding the viral 2025 claim that Zelensky…
Jun 2
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Who Put Pig Heads Outside Paris Mosques? A Leaked Kremlin Document Claims Credit, Translated
A leaked after-action report shows the Social Design Agency, a Kremlin-contracted firm, claiming credit for the September 2025 desecration of ten…
Jun 2
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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"Projects 2026": A Leaked Blueprint for Moscow's Information War on Europe and Armenia, Translated
A leaked internal planning file from the firm the Kremlin contracts to inflame divisions across Europe and Armenia.
Jun 2
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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May 2026
What Ends Putin?
The NEST Centre pinpoints the real vulnerabilities of the Putin regime, and the picture that emerges flatters no one, least of all those of us who…
May 28
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Filling the Vacuum Post-USAID: Moscow's Plan for Armenia, Leaked
Inside the Kremlin's failed operation to stop West-oriented Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan before the upcoming general elections in June.
May 25
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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The Russia the Kremlin Doesn't Want You to See
What Russia's democratic opposition still has to build before the day after Putin.
May 21
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Putin Renewed His Treaty With Xi. The Plane They Were Building Together Is Now China's Alone
The New Eurasian Strategies Centre's February report is worth reading alongside the ceremony in the Great Hall of the People.
May 20
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Putin’s Approval Rating Was Falling. Then His Pollsters Changed Methodology
Russia’s Kremlin-aligned pollsters paused publication while Putin’s ratings were dropping. When they resumed, the numbers had recovered...and the…
May 19
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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What the Russian Opposition Is Really Lacking
Russian opposition structures in exile still struggle to answer a basic strategic question: what are we actually trying to build?
May 18
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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The May 9 Ceasefire Is a Turning Point in the Russia-Ukraine War
After more than four years of war, both sides are confronting the same reality: the front has stalled and the continuation of the war is too costly to…
May 12
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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