Russia Matters

The most recent Levada Center poll shows that record low numbers of Russians want to move abroad, while record high numbers say they do not want to live elsewhere.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas claimed in January that if every member of the Ramstein group channeled 0.25% of their GDP to Kyiv annually, it would raise at least $131 billion.

Putin's March 13 interview, in which he again delved into the conditions for Russian use of nuclear weapons, left Western media organizations unsure if Putin had just struck a softer tone or rattled his nuclear saber yet again. The answer is both.

Three authors draw on field work and other research to assess the motives, prospects and threats linked to Central Asian jihadists, including the thousands who joined Islamic State and other violent extremists in the Middle East.

According to Hill, Russia continues to matter due to its perennial significance in global affairs, ranging from climate change to European insecurity and from Middle Eastern power dynamics to nuclear security.

Aleksey Dyumin, Putin's former bodyguard and governor of the Tula oblast—which Dyumin has called Russia's "weapons capital"—will likely be one of the top contenders to succeed Putin thanks to his proximity to the Russian leader and his versatile expe...

On a recent episode of the “Daniel Davis Deep Dive” podcast, John Mearsheimer has claimed that he considers “ridiculous” the idea that Ukraine will be able to take the offensive in 2024 or 2025.

Despite a century of women’s involvement in the region’s wars, Russian and Ukrainian women's involvement as combatants today echoes a global pattern where women are relegated to roles that distance them from frontline combat.