Vladimir Putin

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.

How has the Communist Party of the Russian Federation transformed amid the war and totalitarian evolution of Putin’s regime? And what can its past reveal about its future? Azamat Izmailov traces the party’s evolution

Hanna Perekhoda analyzes construction of Russian imperialist imagery of Ukraine, rooted in the Russian ruling elite’s drive to maintain its power.