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Anything But More Mobilization: Russia’s Stealthy Push to Find More Soldiers
The Kremlin has largely given up on gathering troops for its war in Ukraine through mobilization. Rather, the goal is to convince Russians to join up as…
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Maxim Tovkaylo
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Farida Rustamova
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Will Putin Announce Another Round of Mobilization?
We spoke to several government sources to try and get a sense of the Kremlin’s plans.
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Farida Rustamova
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Maxim Tovkaylo
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What Secret Russian State Polling Tells Us About Support for the War
Do Russians support the war in Ukraine?
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Farida Rustamova
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Maxim Tovkaylo
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The Great Patriotic special military operation
Putin is Changing How Russia is Governed as Ukraine War Rages
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Farida Rustamova
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Maxim Tovkaylo
"Putin Always Chooses Escalation"
What the Russian elite think of Putin's mobilisation and what they do on the verge of the most dangerous phase of the war
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Farida Rustamova
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Maxim Tovkaylo
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“He gave us our freedom for a while.” A report from the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev
The farewell ceremony for the first president of the USSR turned out like an act of protest. Many young people were in attendance, but the powers that…
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How Putin pumped money into Russia’s army for more than two decades, and what came of it
Vladimir Putin has spent more than $1.1 trillion on the armed forces in his 21 years in power. Since 2014, Russia has had one of the world’s most…
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Farida Rustamova
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Maxim Tovkaylo
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