Fighting against the civil society in Russian Federation continues, with the legislator turning its attention to guarantees for the protection of executive power. In this way, it demonstrates its loyalty to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) employees, who are used as the tool for intimidatin...

The Afghan-Iranian conflict weakens Russia, as the contradictions between the Iranian mullahs and the Taliban government are systematic and will regularly escalate. The ruling political regimes in Tehran and Kabul are much further apart than their geographical distance suggests. The Taliban are ...

The key trend in state propaganda during the reporting week was the chaotic attempts to justify the failure of the FSB and Russian Armed Forces special forces in the areas adjacent to the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Belgorod region. At the same time, Kremlin is looking for new ways to mobiliz...

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, leading a delegation of officials and businessmen, attended the Russian-Chinese business forum in Shanghai. He stated that Russia considers a partnership with China in energy as an unconditional priority. As in international politics, the Kremlin is actively incr...

Russia continues to use manipulative methods to influence international law and achieve its political goals. The attempt to challenge the transfer of the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR is a legislative absurdity. It is an attempt to extend the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation to the...

The creation of the С+C5 group by Beijing dissolves Russian influence in the new configuration of Eurasian geopolitics. The summit in Xinhua, where successful negotiations took place between the leaders of China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, demonstrated new ...

Kremlin needs to present Russian society with some results of the large-scale offensive for which they carried out mobilization in the fall of 2022. The capture of the destroyed district centre of Donetsk region, Bakhmut, is presented as a ‘victory'. The country's leadership compensates the losses ...

Russia agreed to extend the "grain deal" for two months. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, confirmed the extension of the "grain deal" for two months. "We confirm the announcement by the President of Turkey about extending the Black Sea initiative for t...

Moscow continues its dual policy towards international justice and calls on Eastern countries to create an alternative to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). It is proposed to create a new system of international justice, which will allow Russia t...

The main event of Russian propaganda for the last week was the traditional celebration of Victory Day. However, the festive atmosphere was overshadowed by Prigozhin's statements about the monstrous losses of the Wagner PMC and Putin's decree on the conscription of reservists for military training...._

The planned budget deficit of the Russian Federation has already been exceeded in the first four months. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance, the federal budget for January-April showed a deficit of 3.4 trillion rubles. The deficit for the entire year is planned to be about 2....

Kremlin continues to increase political pressure within the country. Information censorship is taking place by blocking the websites of human rights organizations, strengthening control over opposition figures and representatives of civil society, and conducting "military training" for the popula...

Russian propagandists during the reporting period revived the mass events traditions of the Soviet era, demonstrated the "successful repulsion" of the attack of the UAV on Kremlin, and tried to solve the problem of Priogzhin's statements.

Last week’s main topic has been the recent drone att...

The Russian government continues to tighten the rules for withdrawing foreign investments. The limit on purchasing currency on the domestic Russian market when foreign companies sell assets in Russia will be the same for all deals. The introduced rule discriminates against foreign investors, dep...

Russia openly adheres to an ideology that rejects the priority of international law over domestic law. It also questions the institutions of human rights and freedoms, emphasising them as something foreign and hostile aimed at violating its sovereignty. The deportation of residents of annexed te...

The Italian government continues to consistently support Ukraine and limit Russia's influence on the continent. Since the onset of Russia's aggression, official Rome has consistently supported Kyiv and participated in expanding anti-Russian sanctions. Some warnings about the "pro-Russian" freshn...

Official representatives of the Russian Federation use international platforms to voice propagandistic slogans, federal channels broadcast blatant fakes, and Roskomnadzor reported on the results of the fight against dissent in the online space.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei...

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has stated that sanctions are not a temporary phenomenon. He claims that Russia's former Western partners have gone too far to back down, and that Kremlin will continue on its path of self-isolation.

The Kremlin has formulated its plan in response to G...

Russia has recently been increasing its control over the economy and population of the country and taking measures to limit the activities of foreign companies. Propaganda effectively pits Russia against the "collective West." Confiscation of assets, tax hikes, and intellectual piracy prove Putin...

Moscow has been terrorizing African continent for quite a long period of time already, with the help of Wagner’s private military company mercenaries. Since February 2022, several African nations have fallen within Russia's hybrid military-political sphere of influence. Libya, Mali, the Central Afri...

Russian propaganda has been trying for the whole week to dispel the concerns of Russians about the fact that the war with Ukraine is the ‘fate’ of ordinary people. The media actively covered how a man resembling Putin allegedly visited the Kherson region, and the son of Dmitry Peskov "heroically s...

Kremlin’s attempts to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict through mediation have failed. Following the Second Karabakh War in 2020, Russia began rapidly losing its regional authority. Moscow has violated its security guarantees given to Yerevan during the transition of Azerbaijani troops t...

In 2023, the customs reduced its contributions to the budget by 35.1%. Russia's Federal Customs Service (FCS) has transferred 1.288 trillion rubles to the Russian budget in the first quarter of 2023. Revenues have decreased by 35.1%, compared to the same period in 2022, when the amount was 1.98...

Traitors can be recognized as anyone who disagrees with the government's policy. Any dissension is considered to be extremism. Denunciations are introducing the current times. This all describes Russia in 2023, which is slowly approaching Stalinist justice. The cyclicality of history finds its re...

State propaganda, during the reporting week, has focused on convincing Russian society of the need to introduce an electronic database of military conscripts. Russians also explained why military "Victory parades" would not take place in several regions of the Russian Federation and why the wa...

Brexit politics has provided London with strategic advantages on the European continent. The lack of dependence on Russian energy resources frees the hands of British policymakers in the security sphere. As early as May 2022, Britain officially provided security guarantees to Sweden and Finland ...

The law on electronic military summonses was able to shake up Russian society. The new system of drafting for military service will affect at least 25 million Russians. Society's concern was caused by the exclusive right of military commissariats to impose restrictions on leaving the country, con...

State propaganda focused on supporting Putin's messages about positive economic trends during the reporting period, resolving the conflict regarding the construction of a mosque in Moscow, and again frightening Russians with "biological weapons."

Confirming Putin's statements about stabilis...

Vladimir Putin stated that sanctions would last for a long time at the recent meeting of the Russian Federation’s Presidium. Putin claims that Russia was able to mobilize its resources and efforts to ensure stability. According to his words, Russia at the same time managed to ensure stability in ...

The Kremlin continues its policy of restricting civil liberties and increasing censorship in Russia. The Russian legislature has paid particular attention for distributing information through digital platforms. Bloggers in Russia nowadays are under the government's scrutiny, as they function as u...

The Brazilian government proposes to create a "club of peace" but at the same time refuses to join the international sanctions policy regarding Moscow. First and foremost, the reason for continuing cooperation with Russia depends on Brazil's reliance on Russian fertilizer supplies by more than 6...

Russian media paid exaggerated attention to events related to the termination of the lease agreement of the Moscow Patriarchate for the property complex of the National Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra". They also discussed the new Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation. Top event of the...

The deficit of the Russian Federation’s federal budget exceeded 4 trillion. According to the data of the "Electronic Budget" website, revenues to the budget as of March 28 amounted to 3 trillion 496.9 billion rubles, expenses - 7 trillion 504.6 billion rubles. Thus, the deficit was 4 trillion 7....

Since various international legal mechanisms have applied pressure on the entire power vertical of Russian Federation, Moscow has reacted applying an aggressive foreign policy rhetoric towards the International Criminal Court. At the same time in Russia this week, we can see a rapid raise in amou...

Russian-Indian relations are built on post-Soviet inertia. Official Delhi, wishing to preserve its international "strategic autonomy", continues to develop relations with Moscow. The deepest area of cooperation remains in interaction with Russia along the arms supply line, which has been preserv...

The visit of Xi Jinping and the resonance of the decision by the International Criminal Court determined the main vectors of Russian propaganda. In terms of international positioning, the African direction occupied an important place.

At the beginning of the week, the main focus of the atte...

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks at the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin. One of the topics of conversation was the expansion of economic cooperation. The Heads of State agreed on the principles of economic cooperation for the period up to 2030. They decided to strengthen Russia's partnership ...

The top event of this week was the issuance of an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court. This decision is a signal to the world community that Russian leadership will be held accountable under international law, which is a major victory for the global justice syste...

The application of French soft power logic toward the Russian Federation has been ineffective. The fluctuation of the foreign affairs policy line between supplying Ukraine with weapons and statements about the unwillingness to destroy Russia and providing any possible security guarantees for the ...

The information dominance of Vladimir Putin has marked the past week. But if the beginning looked optimistic for him - the President of Russia conducted a tour of military factories and received rapturous applause at a meeting with business. The end of the week appeared tense. The International C...

Vladimir Putin spoke at the meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. He said that the Russian economy is acquiring a fundamentally different quality, the country was able to compensate for the closure of Western markets, and positive trends are gaining strength. Putin's ...

The world community's indication of its adherence to the principles of justice is the decision of the International Criminal Court to investigate crimes committed by Russian servicemen in Ukraine. Moscow, meanwhile, is developing ways to circumvent sanctions.

The Kremlin refuses to recognize the ...

Although 2022 was representing us Orban-Putin's backdoor agreements, by early 2023, Hungary's leadership was forced to limit its cooperation with Moscow. Throughout the entire past year, the Hungarian government has demonstrated its "special position" in relations with Russia. Although EU coun..._

Eugene Prigozhin, who is losing his military influence, has de facto started his political career while Victor Medvedchuk again appeared in the Russian information space and propagandists outside focused on discrediting Georgian protests.

Eugene Prigozhin has gone beyond the daily military ...

The Kremlin abandoned the president's annual message to the Federal Assembly in favor of "small" speeches.

The main reason can be considered unpopular decisions that the Kremlin was forced to make at the end of the year. One of these solutions is the increase of the Russian army to one and a...

Putin is forced to adjust the goals and terms of the "special military operation".

The public change of goals is evidenced by the statements of the Russian president and the shift in the emphasis of propaganda that has emerged in recent weeks. Both of them increasingly emphasize that the p...

The Kremlin desperately needs military victories of any level to preserve support of the war in Russian society.

In this regard, even a small tactical success is now presented by the Russian media as a great military victory and a harbinger of future major breakthroughs. This emphasis on t...

Russia is preparing for another wave of mobilization.

Mobilization has remained the main topic in the media and in Russian domestic discourse over this past week. The peculiarity is that in both national and local media, the topic of partial mobilization is mostly presented in the form of ...