Angelina Flood

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Russia Condemns Deadly Attacks on Iran While Weighing Strategic Risks, Opportunities

Simon Saradzhyan, Angelina Flood March 02, 2026

Russia’s official line regarding the U.S.

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4 Years Later: What Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine Has Cost It and What It’s Gained

Simon Saradzhyan, Ivan Arreguín-Toft, Angelina Flood February 24, 2026

Introduction

Is Vladimir Putin a rational actor who weighs costs and gains before making a momentous decision, such as whether to invade another country?

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Four Years Into Russia’s Invasion, Western Experts See Putin’s Aims Largely Unchanged, Prospects for Peace Dim

Jack Lennon, Angelina Flood February 23, 2026 RM Exclusives
Check out our compilation of views for more takes on the past, present and future of the war in Ukraine.
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Most Russians Favor Escalation in Ukraine Over Concessions If No Peace Deal

Simon Saradzhyan, Angelina Flood January 30, 2026

The Levada Center’s latest polling on Ukraine indicates a notable hardening of the Russian public’s attitude

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2025 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia

Jack Lennon, Angelina Flood October 23, 2025 RM Exclusives
This year's Nobel laureates in economics have commented on Russia's history with the economic concept of "creative destruction," the challenges for innovation posed by current global tensions and much more.
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Polls Show Ukrainians Increasingly Want End to War, But Not Under Russia’s Terms

Simon Saradzhyan, Angelina Flood August 08, 2025

More than three years into the war, Ukrainians’ support for continuing the fight against Russia until victory is “collapsing,” according to

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Tulsi Gabbard on Russia and Ukraine

Simon Saradzhyan, Angelina Flood July 10, 2025 RM Exclusives
Few members of the top tier of America’s political establishment have been as criticized for their views on Russia in recent years as U.S. President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
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Russians React to Israeli Strikes on Iran: Fear of Nuclear War, Partition of Iran

Simon Saradzhyan, Angelina Flood June 13, 2025

As of Friday afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin was yet to directly weigh in on Israel’s overnight attacks on military, nuclear and other targets in Iran, though his spokesman Dmitry Pesko

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Readouts of Trump-Putin Call Reaffirm Divergence of US, RF Views on Path to Peace

Simon Saradzhyan, Ivan Arreguín-Toft, Angelina Flood March 20, 2025

In his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which lasted two-and-a-half hours on M

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3 Years Later: What Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine Has Cost It and What It’s Gained

Simon Saradzhyan, Ivan Arreguín-Toft, Angelina Flood February 24, 2025

Introduction

Is Vladimir Putin a rational actor who weighs costs and benefits before making a momentous decision, such as whether to invade another country?