Good article about the state of Russias Roskosmos and their ongoing efforts to ape the U.S space industry:
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The Future and Present of  #Roskosmos
Pavel Luzin explains how Russia is trying to preserve and restore the capabilities it once had in space
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Riddle Russia — An inconvenient case of Shoigu’s Deputy ridl.io/an-inconvenien…

For Russian politics nerds, this is a really useful and detailed rundown of where the moribund political party system is now, and where it might be headed ridl.io/parties-in-a-c…

Russia has recently launched Angara rocket from Vostochny cosmodrome. Does this mean Roscosmos is doing better? What is happening with space technologies in Russia?
Pavel Luzin for Riddle
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An «Elegant» Solution: Because We Need Them More
Irina Busygina explains how the Russian government is dealing with lessors in civil aviation
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I know it’s a Saturday night but a Russian court has just arrested our Reuters colleague.
Journalism is not a crime.
Konstantin is a TV producer, not an “extremist”.
He ought to be released immediately.

Very much worth a read

Case of sanctions governance: Russia civic aviation
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The arrest of Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov can be described as the most important political event not only of last week, but of recent months as well
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Yesterday in Belgium's De Standaard on the Russian economy. I argue that European businesses are doing their best to stay in Russia and it pays off (AkzoNobel increased its FY profits by 850% in Russia in 2023). So, Russia is still not as isolated as it seems to be...…

Mediazona reports that the Russian police have escalated their repressions against the “undesirable” independent media. Prosecutions for reposting, working for, and granting interviews to outlets like Meduza are rising. (Repeat offenses become felonies.) zona.media/article/2024/0…

«Элегантное» решение: потому что нам нужнее
Ирина Бусыгина о том, как российское правительство разбиралось с лизингодателями в гражданской авиации
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China also gains a powerful lever to influence Russia’s political leadership: can China drastically reduce or increase the volume of supplies?
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Переварить дело Тимура Иванова вертикаль пока не может — молчит пропаганда, молчит Шойгу, молчит и сам Путин.
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Russian power vertical cannot yet digest the case of Timur #Ivanov : the propaganda is silent, Shoigu is silent and Putin, too, is silent.
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...the changes taking place in the regime to prepare for a successor amidst Kadyrov's health problems. Here are just a couple of mine, and I'm far from the only one covering it (I just can find mine faster):
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Russia’s oil pivot to the east
欧阳浩宣 / Aleksei Chigadaev on the political consequences of increasing Russian #oil exports to  #China
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Нефтяной поворот на восток
歐陽浩宣 / Aleksei Chigadaev о политических последствиях наращивания экспорта российской нефти в Китай
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What do we know about the evolution of party system in Russia.
Spoiler: there is a lot of “” here.

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