Part one of our discussion on drones in the Russia-Ukraine war is now available to everyone. War on the Rocks warontherocks.com/2024/04/mike-k…

A must-read by Gabuev

The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has privately expressed the belief that he could end Russia's war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to cede some territory, according to individuals familiar with the plan. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

This reflects one of the most…

Senior US officials currently believe that an attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region is 'inevitable' after Monday's Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a US official said. Read more: cnn.it/3TN2lzd

BREAKING NEWS: Belarus President Lukashenko sent a request to Parliament to suspend the CFE Treaty (but not withdraw) earlier today, blaming NATO. It says it will remain within the limits for now, but no more notifications, info exchanges or inspections.

mil.by/ru/news/171281/

Hanna Notte Oleg Shakirov As an attempt to find some justification for the current policy it's actually not that bad. I mean this is what I assume people tell themselves. The problem, in my view, is that there is a lot of wishful thinking here, esp in 'build new international regimes.' 1/

I highly recommend you read this by Dmitri Trenin - just to get an understanding for where influential Russian elites see #Russia headed:

-Total break with the current world order and its institutions
-Radical & sustainable reorientation to the non-West

swentr.site/russia/595266-…

After Putin's recent meeting, three main points concerning his vision on the Crocus terrorist attack can be outlined:

1️⃣ Putin unequivocally believes radical Islamists executed the attack.

2️⃣ Putin does not believe that the attack was undertaken by genuine radical Islamists…

Попыталась охватить для Ъ дискуссию в Германии о ядерном оружии как ключевом инструменте сдерживания в условиях возможного возвращения Трампа в Белый дом и конфронтации вокруг Украины. Цитирую в том числе Oliver Meier @olivermeier.bsky.social Ulrich Kühn и Tobias P. Fella kommersant.ru/doc/6581754

Highlighting interesting threads and podcasts today from Michael Kofman Samuel Bendett Mick Ryan, AM and I, below:

x.com/kofmanmichael/…

x.com/warinthefuture…

x.com/sambendett/sta…

npr.org/2024/03/18/119…

Как изменится кадровая политика Кремля после выборов? Станут ли «молодые ястребы» более востребованы? Может ли в России ли появиться полноценная госидеология?

Новая обзорная статья Tatiana Stanovaya о том, чего можно ждать от нового срока Путина: carnegieendowment.org/publications/9…

Оценил масштаб пересмотра итогов приватизации в России вместе с Новая газета Европа. На текущий момент Генпрокуратура изъяла активов на 1 трлн рублей и не собирается останавливаться.

novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/…

'Russia is gradually entering into an all-encompassing political and military mobilization... the frontline context is beginning to permeate all aspects of civilian life.'
Tatiana Stanovaya breaks down Putin's state of the nation address for Carnegie Politika.
carnegieendowment.org/politika/91872

“Putin’s address should have been a mere pre-election formality, but in the event, it created an extremely chilling impression of an unraveling spiral of escalation.”

Tatiana Stanovaya on the Russian president’s annual state of the nation: carnegieendowment.org/politika/91872…

Putin's audience nearly sleeps and supports itself with Brezhnev-like applause. A Soviet anecdot:A woman bursts into the minister's office, and demands an apartment: 'I slept with you!'' - 'When? Where?' - 'At the XXIII Congress: you were in the third row, I was in the fifth'

Это не так

В последнее время в YouTube появились дипфейки в стиле 'инвестиционные советы от Сергея Гуриева', например,
youtube.com/watch?v=Et3JgP…
Эти видео не имеют ко мне никакого отношения.
Я никогда не даю инвестиционных советов в соцсетях.