Russia Targets Global Outreach by Embracing Cultural Ties and Multipolar...
Geopolitics is seemingly influencing Russia’s approach to many issues ranging from its own approach in politics, its own economic design and cultural attitudes. But for it to lead the expected...
View ArticleWho are Russia’s presidential candidates
“Russia closes presidential race,” noted most of the news agencies across the Russian Federation. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), three qualified candidates are running against...
View ArticleRussia’s Aggression and the Erosion of International Norms: Defying...
Arguments about conflict are always depressing and, unfortunately, seem unavoidable. Throughout the history of human civilization, academics from a wide range of fields, including political science,...
View ArticleThe Hidden Meaning(s) of Tucker Carlson’s Putin Interview
Barely a few weeks before the second anniversary of the Ukraine War, American journalist Tucker Carlson —one of the country’s most popular, controversial and influential media figures— interviewed...
View ArticleOf Russia’s Presidential Election and the West: Pride and Prejudice
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” pronounced Joe Biden, President of the United States. “Putin’s day will surely be numbered… He’ll lose power and he won’t get to choose his...
View ArticleRussia’s Grave Sanctions Evasion
The humanitarian situation in the Ukraine gets more dire by the day and hour. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe recently proclaimed, “As the war in Ukraine following Russia’s...
View ArticleVladimir Putin as a Mirror of Russian Society
Vladimir Putin has been in power for 24 years, now aiming for another 5-year term. Even during the interlude when Dmitry Medvedev held the presidency (2008-2012), Putin’s influence was unmistakable,...
View ArticlePutin Wins March 2024 Presidential Election
After three days (March 15 to 17) of voting, Vladimir Putin is leading the Russian presidential election with 87.34% after 98% of ballots were counted, according to data of the Russian Central...
View ArticleChina and Russia Renew Anti-Western Confrontation and Continue Building...
China and Russia have renewed their anti-Western confrontation during high-level meeting in early April 2024 in Beijing. China demonstrates greater readiness to team up with Global South to “promote...
View ArticleBlurred traces of Democracy: The Bearish Prospects of Russian Polity
Traditional Contestation in Ruler-Subject Philosophy The intricate landscape of modern Russian politics remains an open book to the Western world, which has long abandoned the democratic principles...
View ArticleWith Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Human Rights Implications of the...
Arguably the most powerful body in the entirety of the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is mandated with “the maintenance of international peace and security.” Formally...
View ArticlePutin’s Russia: A Tabula Rasa for Sociological Transformations
In the intricate web of Vladimir Putin’s political discourse, historical vignettes are meticulously interwoven to validate his global manoeuvres. Putin extols the USSR as a continuation of Russia’s...
View ArticleRussia Holds BRICS Games Amid Heightened Geopolitical Divergences
At the beginning of 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin received the baton of BRICS chairmanship, according to the decision adopted by the 15th BRICS Summit in August 2022, and in an acceptance...
View ArticleBetween ‘Rebelling’ and ‘Conforming’: The Gendered Paradox of the Put’ Domoi...
The leader and participants of the grassroots protest Put’ Domoi (The Way Home) have been labelled as ‘foreign agents’ by the Russia’s Ministry of Justice; a recent effort by the government to silence...
View ArticleRussia and India: In the common interest no matter what
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon visit Russia. The upcoming trip will be Modi’s first to the country since 2019 and comes less than a month after he was re-elected as prime minister during...
View ArticleAre EU Sanctions Enough to Pressure Russia? Unpacking the Conflict
The EU’s relations with Russia have gone through several complex phases since the end of the Cold War when Russia’s relations with Western European countries began to develop after the collapse of the...
View ArticleThe New Delhi-Moscow Diplomacy and the Ukraine War
India startles the US and China by making Russia its first destination after Prime Minister Modi’s third stint in power. The world wants to see how far India has moved from Modi’s counsel to Putin that...
View ArticlePartnership to Alliance: Convergence in shared isolation between North Korea...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s second visit to Pyongyang, after 24 years, comes with serious attention amidst the growing concerns over the Russia-Ukraine war and North Korea’s nuclear...
View ArticlePutin and Modi: Controversial Diplomatic Affair
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Moscow has thrust India’s complex and controversial relationship with Russia into the global spotlight. At a time when Russia is embroiled in a...
View ArticleRussia Recruiting African Specialists
With thousands conscripted into the army to fight in neighbouring Ukraine, several more thousands escaping military mobilization and migrating abroad, Russia currently lacks highly skilled labor for...
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