The events of May 2026 have shown a significant shift in the balance of power on the fronts of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In fact, the two sides have reached parity. Yet, at the start of the full-scale war in 2022, Vladimir Putin did not consider Ukraine a significant opponent at all.

The law passed this week by the State Duma not only allows the freezing of the money and property of political emigrants, but also legalizes abuse of their relatives in Russia

After traveling through Russia in 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe de Custine wrote a book that still shapes Western politicians’ views of the country. But beyond criticism of Russian customs, it also contains an unexpected political theory.

For Russia, the laureates’ works contain an answer to why a country with so many talented scientists and engineers lags behind in the race for innovation