Sitemap - 2025 - Behind the Iron Curtain
Year in review: What future does Putin offer Russia?
Russia faces economic slowdown amid rising fiscal pressures
Trump’s Ukraine Deal: A Cynical Calculus
The crisis of influence: How war and administrative stagnation undermine Russia’s foreign policy
The Kremlin’s greatest fear: Exclusion from a grand bargain
Putin understands only force: Why peace talks have stalled
The Dictator's Legacy: A New Zastoy
A sideshow: How the war in Ukraine has undermined Russia’s influence in the Middle East
Valdai 2025: Betting on a long war with the West
A budget without a future: How the Russian economy stays afloat
How Russia will finance the war in 2026
Western politicians like to deceive themselves
Elections in Moldova: A vulnerable state in the Kremlin’s crosshairs
Escalation in Europe: How the Kremlin is testing NATO’s limits