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Claim in January 2026: Russia’s 2025 Military Spending Was 5 Times That of 2021

RM Staff May 06, 2026

RM’s analysis indicates that Russia’s military expenditures increased 3.16–4.62 times in nominal terms from 2021 to 2025.   

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Zaluzhnyi: For Russia and Ukraine, It’s a Question of How to Sell Outcome as Victory

RM Staff May 01, 2026

Ukraine’s goals and strategies, the current battlefield situation and how and when the war might end were among the key topics Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed

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The Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Extended Deterrence

Jack Lennon, RM Staff April 23, 2026

On April 15, 2026, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs launched its new

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Russians’ Predictions of Iran Crisis Impact: One Month Later

RM Staff April 03, 2026

On March 2, we at RM selected and published ass

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Levada Poll Shows Rising Support for Peace Talks, But Devil In Details

RM Staff March 12, 2026

A recent survey by the Levada Center indicates that while a large majority of Russians express support for the

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Predictable Continuity: Russians View Ukraine, US, EU Negatively, China Positively

RM Staff February 05, 2026

The Levada Center has again measured Russians’ attitudes toward

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Is There Life After New START?

RM Staff February 04, 2026 RM Exclusives
Most experts—regardless of country—stress that New START’s value was less in numerical limits than the transparency, verification and mutual predictability it provided.
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World in Flux: RM’s Most Read of 2025

RM Staff December 19, 2025

With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, 2025 saw a year of geopolitical shifts.

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US-Russian Ukraine Plan: What’s In It and What Do Stakeholders Think?

RM Staff November 20, 2025

The leaked 28-point peace proposal—reportedly drafted by U.S.

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Will Latest U.S. Sanctions Force Putin to Moderate Aims in Ukraine?

RM Staff November 07, 2025 RM Exclusives
Analysis of what the U.S. government has declared as the aims behind its latest sanctions, what analysts think is achievable, as well as the context in which these punitive measures are being pursued.