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Why Russia's elite went to war

The oligarchs who emerged under Yeltsin's rule gave up their involvement in Russia's domestic politics. They earned their money in
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Can Zelensky still push back the anti-reform forces he allowed to rebuild?

Ukraine's president Zelensky faces a legal and constitutional crisis engineered by anti-reform forces in the country. He has belatedly promised to fight back, to try and save what is left of his presidency. But his options are limited.

by Andrew Wilson
How Western Sanctions Will Alter Ties Between Russian Big Business and the Kremlin

The United States’ latest round of sanctions has hit Russia hard. In the future, the Russian state will have to share the emerging
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Ukraine’s patronalistic regime is trying to preserve itself

The old clans are re-asserting their power in Ukraine again, while staying on a European course. In Ukraine pro-European political
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Forget the Saakashvili scandal. Ukrainian democracy is in danger

Ukrainian president Poroshenko's time runs out. Voters have grown impatient with pervasive corruption and the suffocating
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The rise and fall of a Ukrainian gas king

The recent decision of an Austrian court to allow the extradition of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash to the United States is a remarkable turn
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