Belarus as 'the next Crimea'? Highly unlikely 27 september 2021
Military drills of Zapad-2021: meant for Belarus or Ukraine? 27 september 2021
The elections serve the regime's legality, no more, no less 20 september 2021
Europe's gas markets hit turbulence - and eyes turn to Moscow 10 september 2021
Hello, I am a 'Foreign Agent' 30 augustus 2021
Can Lukashenko build an economy on bayonets? 27 augustus 2021
Why is Moscow so calm about the victory of the Taliban? 23 augustus 2021
Belarus and Russia: an ever closer union? 10 augustus 2021
October Lecture by Galina Timchenko 10 augustus 2021
Sergei Kovalyov was the heir of Andrei Sakharov 09 augustus 2021
New National Security Strategy is a paranoid’s charter 06 juli 2021
Endless registers are a backdoor to censorship 30 juni 2021
Politics will survive in Russia, somehow 28 juni 2021
Biden meets Putin: the return of diplomacy 21 juni 2021
Purges and professionals: the transformed Russian regime 14 juni 2021
Lukashenko in survival mode: an international problem 31 mei 2021
In declaring Navalny extremist, Russia has crossed a new Rubicon 31 mei 2021
‘We’re locked in with a psychopath’ 29 mei 2021
Could the West have saved Russia from itself? No. 25 mei 2021
Repression of Belarusian media will only further polarize society 24 mei 2021
Germany unlikely to join American pushback strategy towards Russia 18 mei 2021
Treason trial against Kremlin ally is trip wire for president Zelensky 18 mei 2021
Russia is an 'island', not ready for détente 17 mei 2021
Hacking controversy highlights Kremlin’s self-destructive approach 17 mei 2021
Kremlin's youth policy is outdated 10 mei 2021
The Great Turn in Putin’s Post-Post-Authoritarianism   05 mei 2021
Ukraine, Russia, and United States make use of Donbas tension 26 april 2021
After ban on Navalny's organisation as 'extremist' political life in Russia is dead 26 april 2021
Sticks and carrots in Biden’s Russia strategy 21 april 2021
Ukraine braces itself for war with Russia 18 april 2021
Why do ethnic minorities vote for Putin and his party? 13 april 2021
Will the young generation change Russia? 06 april 2021
No new mass protests in Belarus due to harsh repression 31 maart 2021
Can Russia's craving for digital sovereignty succeed? 26 maart 2021
Biden called Putin a killer. Will that change anything? 22 maart 2021
Korolev’s coronation and the rise of the ruthless in the FSB 16 maart 2021
Film shows Lukashenko's luxurious life: cars, castles, planes and watches 15 maart 2021
In the wake of possible new protests Belarusian courts harshly punish 09 maart 2021
Viktor Babariko from jail: The only easy path is the path to slavery 08 maart 2021
Battle for resurrection of chekist 'Iron Felix' in Moscow cancelled as 'too divisive' 02 maart 2021
How Amnesty International failed Alexei Navalny 02 maart 2021
Lukashenko postpones constitutional reforms, Kremlin puzzled 16 februari 2021
Team Navalny needs strategy for the ‘phoney war’ 15 februari 2021
The return of the hero 15 februari 2021
Arrests and intimidation stopped protests 09 februari 2021
The EU humiliated itself in Moscow 06 februari 2021
Navalny: 'I mortally offended Putin by surviving' 03 februari 2021
The internet generation is a challenge for the Kremlin 01 februari 2021
Russia follows traditional imperial and Soviet patterns 27 januari 2021
Russia’s unsustainable business model: going all in on oil and gas 25 januari 2021
Russia is getting used to being just Russia, without imperium 13 januari 2021
Balts and Russians must change their old school political relationship 11 januari 2021
Belarusian KGB’s murderous intention revealed 06 januari 2021
The Russian economy remains hostage of the siloviki 04 januari 2021
How professional is the FSB: 10 burning questions 27 december 2020
Putin, unlimited? Challenges to Russia’s regime 14 december 2020
Arctic indigenous peoples sound the alarm on climate change 14 december 2020
Security forces are Lukashenko’s strong right arm – and Achilles’ heel 07 december 2020
How to read Russia? Lessons from an insider 02 december 2020
After the war in Karabakh: chaos and secrecy about missing soldiers 30 november 2020
Under Biden there will be no 'reset' with Russia 24 november 2020
First woman wins elections in Moldova, but the battle is far from over 23 november 2020
Can Zelensky still push back the anti-reform forces he allowed to rebuild? 16 november 2020
Karabakh-ceasefire: benefits for Baku and Ankara, burden for Moscow 11 november 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia’s surrender, Russia’s success 11 november 2020
Kremlin's pitfalls with muslims and Kadyrov 03 november 2020
How Russia is winning at its own game 02 november 2020
'Trump has done nothing good for Russia' 02 november 2020
The real fight for democracy starts when the dictators are gone 21 oktober 2020
Ultimatum by Belarusian opposition can backfire 20 oktober 2020
With belligerent Ankara, Russia’s global ambitions hit a regional snag 06 oktober 2020
The return of the Berlin patient 06 oktober 2020
US and Europe must engage in stemming Karabakh-conflict 30 september 2020
The Russian threat: views among Dutch are polarised 23 september 2020
Top 5 of Navalny´s most popular corruption exposés 22 september 2020
Lukashenko is becoming a toxic asset for the Kremlin 21 september 2020
Germany at the crossroads in its relations with Russia 09 september 2020
Putin rules the waves in Russia's sphere of influence 02 september 2020
To intervene or not to intervene, that's the question 26 augustus 2020
The West and Belarus: a case for Hippocratic diplomacy 18 augustus 2020
Lukashenka's rule is entering its last phase 13 augustus 2020
Can Russia-West Divide Save Lukashenko? 10 augustus 2020
Lukashenka will be re-elected, but at what price? 04 augustus 2020
How Zhirinovsky's fake-opposition has to clean up the mess in Khabarovsk for Putin 29 juli 2020
Germany-Russia: from 'strategic partnership' to alienation 24 juli 2020
Elections in Belarus: even in the regions Lukashenko highly impopular 21 juli 2020
Protests in Khabarovsk show decline of Putinism 14 juli 2020
KGB chief Andropov still Russia’s mythical man 16 juni 2020
Russia publishes its official nuclear deterrence policy 09 juni 2020
In coverage of U.S. protests, Russia reveals its own fears of disorder 08 juni 2020
The incredible badness of the Soviet children’s book 08 juni 2020
Popular vlogger challenges dictator Lukashenka 02 juni 2020
Is the 'Irreplaceable Chechen' (in Moscow with corona) at risk? 22 mei 2020
Russia's labour migrants caught between poverty and pandemic 19 mei 2020
Is tightening control via 'Sovereign Splinternet' in Russia possible? 18 mei 2020
The weirdest Victory Day in Russian history 11 mei 2020
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Russian healthcare 05 mei 2020
Yaroslavl region reopens public life regardless of corona 27 april 2020
The president without a plan: corona in Belarus 21 april 2020
Is Zelensky selling his (and Ukraine's) holy grounds? 20 april 2020
Does COVID-19 represent an opportunity for Putin – or for us all? 14 april 2020
Is Putin losing grip on reality? 03 april 2020
Medics: there is a shortage of absolutely everything 01 april 2020
Is the Kremlin intentionally downplaying the threat of the coronavirus?  25 maart 2020
'Corona will kill private entrepreneurship in Russia' 25 maart 2020
Russia's corona-numbers are low. But do they tell the truth? 18 maart 2020
Competion between US LNG and Russian gas is great for Europe 17 maart 2020
Boris Nemtsov: a cross-border troublemaker 02 maart 2020
The delicate balance of Great Patriotic War history politics 02 maart 2020
New Russian government: no reform, more taxes 24 februari 2020
The Odesa Fire: Remembering Tragedy in a War of Memories 24 februari 2020
Film Beanpole sheds light on WWII experience of Russian women 18 februari 2020
Levada polled Russian opinions about Holland, remarkable outcome on MH17 14 februari 2020
The politicisation of religion in rural Ukrainian Orthodox Church Communities 05 februari 2020
Why Trump's Israel-deal bodes well for Moscow 03 februari 2020
Two cheers, maybe, for Putin’s ‘January Revolution’? 17 januari 2020
Putin models Russia to his future ambitions 17 januari 2020
The Iran crisis can be a boost for Russia 08 januari 2020
Russia in 2020. Like 2019, but more so 23 december 2019
Russia pushes, but doesn't dare to force Belarus into a union state 18 december 2019
Some habits die hard. How KGB-spies abroad got a second life 16 december 2019
Russia’s Violent Theatre and Theatrical Violence 02 december 2019
Post-Putin Diplomats: Pragmatic, Non-Ideological but not per se Pro-Western 21 november 2019
Closure rural clinic shows poor conditions Russia's health care 13 november 2019
Germany's reunification was a blessing 09 november 2019
With Pax Russica in Middle East Putin inherits all its problems 06 november 2019
Did Gorbachev push Honecker to embark on comprehensive reform? 04 november 2019
Putin's KGB record: not a high-flier or leader, but a solid B 01 november 2019
Russia sells sovereignty to Africa 28 oktober 2019
'Russian corruption can and should be fought' 23 oktober 2019
Russia facing Europe: a roadmap for improvement 23 oktober 2019
As Trump leaves Syria, Putin becomes the region's power broker 15 oktober 2019
Is Zelensky seeking a compromise with wanted tycoon Kolomojsky? 14 oktober 2019
Economist Guriev speaks to popular vlogger Dud about his flight from Russia 07 oktober 2019
Is minister of Defense Shoigu applying for post-Putin? 04 oktober 2019
Unorthodox appeal: priests defend Moscow protesters 25 september 2019
Future without Putin no longer taboo issue 19 september 2019
Berlin Game: the Hubris of Russia's Gunman Geopolitics 05 september 2019
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: No ‘Alternative’ Soviet Facts, Please.   04 september 2019
U.S. attempts to block Russian gas pipe to Europe likely to fail 02 september 2019
After Putin not much will change in Russia's foreign policy 30 augustus 2019
“Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact”: a logical consequence of the Munich Betrayal 28 augustus 2019
Only radical reforms can stop Russian economic stagnation 26 augustus 2019
The old ultra-violence in Moscow solves nothing and everything 05 augustus 2019
'Russophobia' is a label to deflect criticism from the Kremlin 23 juli 2019
Why pro-Kremlin journalists stood up for arrested colleague 17 juli 2019
Russophobia exists and it affects politics in the West 15 juli 2019
Putin doesn’t want to kill liberalism, only optimism 03 juli 2019
Zelensky and the Donbas Conflict: no Progress in Sight 01 juli 2019
Putin replies to angry voters 24 juni 2019
Apartment raiders, a profitable industry in Moscow 17 juni 2019
Ivan Golunov is free. Other victims of fabricated charges are not so lucky 17 juni 2019
'The future of Russia is evolution to a European parliamentary democracy' 02 juni 2019
How the Russian Orthodox Church became the State God Corporation 28 mei 2019
Russian Foreign Intelligence might be in for a more prominent political role 24 mei 2019
Russian-Dutch settlement on Arctic Sunrise is a recognition of international law 22 mei 2019
Don't call the conflict in the Donbas a 'civil war' 22 mei 2019
Russia’s Sovereign Internet Law Will Kill Innovation 22 mei 2019
Are Putin and Trump Exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela? 11 mei 2019
Venezuela is a cheap gamble for Moscow 07 mei 2019
Russian Army is Boosting Image and Influence 24 april 2019
Russia and NATO both think time is on their side 17 april 2019
Zelensky, a populist of a new brand 01 april 2019
The Yuri Tymoshenko Risk 25 maart 2019
Is Nazarbayev blazing a trail for Putin? 21 maart 2019
Russia’s Global Ambitions in Perspective 11 maart 2019
Ukraine is pregnant with its own version of Putinism 04 maart 2019
No Country for Investors: Russia’s Latest Shock Arrests 26 februari 2019
A realistic German Ostpolitik is hampered by old illusions 25 februari 2019
Can Tsar Vladimir Morph into Uncle Vova? 22 februari 2019
'Putin Lived, Putin Lives, Putin Will Live' 19 februari 2019
Bold steps on the Internet: Kremlin’s capability to cut off Russia 11 februari 2019
Loznitsa’s film 'Donbass' shows the grotesque nature of the war in Eastern Ukraine 06 februari 2019
Viral Freedom: Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto and its Popular Appeal 24 januari 2019
Tensions between Kremlin and Minsk rise after 'Integration Ultimatum' 23 januari 2019
Ukraine’s Presidential Elections May Be Unpredictable but Five Things Are Certain 16 januari 2019
The Twilight of Putin’s Political Monopoly? 08 januari 2019
So who 'won' 2018? 31 december 2018
War of prosecutors suggests tension within Russian elite 17 december 2018
Putin is passé for populists 03 december 2018
Appeal to the West: Stop Alienating Ordinary Russians 27 november 2018
State, space and society. Public participation in the development of the Zenit Arena 20 november 2018
In the Donbas Moscow replaced uniforms by suits 14 november 2018
‘Everyone Likes Naturalness and Sincerity’: Sincerity Rhetoric in Contemporary Political Discourse in Russia 06 november 2018
'With its cyber troops the Russian military has become political' 31 oktober 2018
Is there a Successor for Putin? 30 oktober 2018
Alarm about horrific attacks on Ukrainian activists led to outcry in Kyiv 24 oktober 2018
Emotions run high on film about perennial Russian question 22 oktober 2018
Independence for Ukrainian Church is no guarantee for national unity 17 oktober 2018
Kremlin calculus seems driven by dreams of war 12 oktober 2018
Turmoil about West-Ukrainian ban on Russian-language culture 03 oktober 2018
Protest vote disturbs Kremlin's control over regions 01 oktober 2018
Special troops of GRU will be growing headache for the West 28 september 2018
Poison has become the fingerprint of Russia 24 september 2018
Public attack on Navalny by top military undermines Putin’s inner circle 16 september 2018
Russia Is Moving Deeper Into China’s Embrace 12 september 2018
Why Putin's system can't be reformed 10 september 2018
Prosecution of 'extremists' turns ordinary citizens into activists 03 september 2018
Russia’s hipster nationalism works 27 augustus 2018
Torture in prison no exception in Russia 20 augustus 2018