Russia

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kirill Buketow takes stock and explains why Putin’s internal opponents have failed so far.

Do we have reason to hope for a spring in Russia — let alone expect one soon? It seems that we do, writes political prisoner Boris Kagarlitsky from a Russian penal colony.

Pavel Kudyukin discusses the situation of workers and trade unions in Russia, the differing stances among Russian leftists towards Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the campaigns to free political prisoners held in Russian jails.

Denys Pilash discusses the implications of the shift in US policy towards Russia, the threat posed by the rising global axis of extreme reaction, and the need for a renewed internationalism that opposes all oppressors.

Writing from a penal colony in Russia, Boris Kagarlitsky provides a detailed analysis of the New Deal proposal for Russia being developed by a group of leftist economists.

Daria Saburova analyses how structures of armed and unarmed resistance have developed in Ukraine, three years after the start of Russia’s full-scale war.

Serhiy Kudelia discusses how the war between Russia and Ukraine began and the role that Donbas residents and elites played in it.

US re-engagement with Russia under Trump came as a shock to many, particularly its European allies. Dmitry Pozhidaev looks at the deeper strategic logic underpinning this apparent tectonic shift in US foreign policy.

Peter Hudis — Trump’s forging of a political alliance with Putin at the expense of Ukraine may not be totally unexpected, but its speed and extent represent a dramatic transformation of world politics.

Boris Kagarlitsky — Washington’s new orientation is towards dominance, one that does not take into account the interests or rights of others, and in which Russia is being openly offered the role of junior partner.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Lenin’s vision of the national question was far from assimilationist; it was a dialectical approach that recognised proletarian internationalism could only be built on respect for national and cultural differences.

Michael Karadjis breaks down some myths surrounding Israel, Iran and the fall of the Assad regime.