How Putin plans to fund a forever war in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s costly war in Ukraine has transformed Russia as the president has forced the country to pivot onto a…
Russia and China have never been equal partners
Barely a week after inaugurating himself as president once again, Vladimir Putin has gone to China – his first foreign…
Is Andrei Belousov Russia’s Albert Speer?
President Vladimir Putin’s appointment of the civilian economist Andrei Belousov as Russia’s defence minister in the third year of the…
Why is Russia’s economy booming despite sanctions?
Over two years on from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is the most sanctioned nation in the world. And yet the country’s…
