The Wagner mutiny exposed the weakness of the Russian state. Behind the monolithic facade of Putinism are clans, networks and corporations pursuing their own goals. They are quite capable of bringing the country to collapse and civil war.
The war has gradually revealed Putin to be an ’emperor with no clothes,’ which even his inner circle will soon be forced to admit
Leftys look at AI, the writers' strike ties up the entertainment market, and news gets strip-mined
Does Trump’s goal appear to be, to paraphrase Ron DeSantis, to “Make America Russia?”
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A founding member of Pussy Riot tells the story of her ongoing fight for freedom, sharing what motivates her resistance and delivering a powerful message to Putin himself.
Political writer Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin
Two drones struck inside the Kremlin complex early Tuesday. We don’t know exactly what happened but the Russian claims of a Ukrainian attack are doubtful. It’s more likely that Vladimir Putin’s regime is preparing an excuse for a new escalation.
A bomb that killed a Russian military blogger echos across past and future
Bernd Gehrke is critical of those in the peace movement and left who dismissed the threat of invasion coming from Russia - a failure to understand the genesis of today’s Russian capitalism and its emergence from Soviet-era party bureaucracy.
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