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Filtering the News: Why Russians Prefer Propaganda and Shield Themselves from Independent Reporting

Image license/credit How do the lies of Russian propaganda work? In recent years, Kremlin-controlled media have promoted thousands of fabricated stories, including some completely absurd narratives—e.g., about “Nazis” in Kyiv…

Cossack Youth Join In On ‘Breeding For War’

Executive Summary: Cossack education has increasingly focused on preparing Russian youth for war. New Cossack cadet corps are being developed in Crimea, expanding Russia’s foothold on the peninsula. Cultural events…

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Center-Regional Relations in Russia during the War: Are There Signs of Model Erosion?

Image license/credit As of fall 2023, a military stalemate had emerged between Russia and Ukraine, with no clear path to a lasting compromise acceptable to both sides failing a change…

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Cossacks as a Case Study of Russia’s Paramilitarization

Image license/credit Since the Wagner mutiny of June 2023, the role of paramilitaries in Russia has become a subject of intense scrutiny. Not only do such groups represent a diminution…

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In Their Own Voice: Supporting Russia’s Wartime Migrants

Image license/credit A recent Radio Free Liberty report tells the story of two young anti-war activists, Adelya and Ivan from Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan), who fled Russia after being intimidated and threatened…

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Russian Military Keynesianism: Who Benefits from the War in Ukraine?

Image license/credit How has the transformation of the Russian economy and society in response to the challenges posed by the invasion of Ukraine affected popular support for the war? Scholars…

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Prigozhin’s Fate in Putin’s Russia: The Political Roles of Aircraft

Image credit/license In Russia, politicians who run afoul of President Vladimir Putin are at risk of being killed by poison, defenestration, or gunshot, or of being sentenced to harsh prison…

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Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Multiple Ideological Agendas, One Tactical Goal

Image credit/license Just like the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the civil war in Syria in the 2010s, the war in Ukraine has produced an environment conducive to…

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One Step Ahead of the Dictator: OVD-Info and the Rebuilding of Russian Civil Society

Russian human rights groups have never had it easy. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has only made matters worse, sparking an unprecedented wave of repression and forcing many activists to…

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The Spatiality of War and Challenges in Restoring Ukraine’s Economy

With well over a year of large-scale and highly destructive warfare already passed, Ukraine has embarked on an ambitious effort to restore and enhance its economic potential, even amid the…

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Filtering the News: Why Russians Prefer Propaganda and Shield Themselves from Independent Reporting

Cossack Youth Join In On ‘Breeding For War’

Center-Regional Relations in Russia during the War: Are There Signs of Model Erosion?

Cossacks as a Case Study of Russia’s Paramilitarization

In Their Own Voice: Supporting Russia’s Wartime Migrants

Russian Military Keynesianism: Who Benefits from the War in Ukraine?

Prigozhin’s Fate in Putin’s Russia: The Political Roles of Aircraft

Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Multiple Ideological Agendas, One Tactical Goal

One Step Ahead of the Dictator: OVD-Info and the Rebuilding of Russian Civil Society

The Spatiality of War and Challenges in Restoring Ukraine’s Economy