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Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
In the first half of April, the Russian government intensified its previously announced censorship measures in the digital sphere. It almost completely blocked access to the Telegram messaging platform for Russian citizens and cracked down…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska
Since early March 2026, the Russian government has intensified efforts to cut citizens off from independent sources of information. This marks another stage in the ‘sovereignisation’ of the Russian segment of the internet (see ‘The Great…
Point of View |
| Maria Domańska
Contents
MAIN POINTS
INTRODUCTION
I. THE BALANCE OF POWER WITHIN THE RUSSIAN RULING ELITE
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Piotr Żochowski, Witold Rodkiewicz
On 1 August, Ankara witnessed the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. The exchange also involved Belarus, Germany, Poland, Norway, and Slovenia.
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska, Piotr Żochowski
On 10–12 May, after being sworn in for another presidential term following the illegal ‘election’, Vladimir Putin decided on the new line-up of the Russian cabinet. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin retained his post (the State Duma…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony in mid-February, was buried at Borisov Cemetery in Moscow on 1 March. In connection with the funeral, Russian authorities implemented extraordinary security measures around the cemetery and the…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
On 8 February, the Russian Central Electoral Commission refused to register Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in the presidential election to be held on 15–17 March. The official reason behind this decision is that the validity of 15% of…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
Tucker Carlson, the US ultra-conservative political commentator and ardent supporter of Donald Trump, conducted an interview with Vladimir Putin which aired on the night of 8–9 February Polish time. Russian propaganda has given wide…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
On 23 August, shortly after 6pm Moscow time, an Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company, which had been flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, crashed in Tver oblast. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency (…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska, Witold Rodkiewicz
In his address to the Federal Assembly (the combined chambers of the Russian parliament) on 21 February, Vladimir Putin merely reiterated many of his earlier claims. In the sphere of international politics, he blamed the West exclusively…