A cook who challenged a chef
Russia has been watching the play “Prigozhin against Shoigu” since last year. Despite multiple media attacks on the Russian Ministry of Defence, public and...
Prigozhin’s Coup Reveals Deeper Problem for Moscow
In a drastic turn of events, Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, launched a military mutiny and marched toward Moscow to topple the...
Russian Historical Repetitions: Staging and Realism
Saturday, 23rd June of 2023, will be remembered in Russia as a military coup attempt by the paramilitary “Wagner” organization and its leader Evgeny...
Prigozhin’s mutiny won’t succeed, but Vladimir Putin is finished
To misquote Lenin, there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. This morning history has come at a rush,...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The Meandering Roadmap to Ultimate Peaceful Settlement
At the beginning, it was referred to, in a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin, as "special military operation" aimed largely at “demilitarization” and...
Future of the Russia-Ukraine War
A little more than one year after the Russian invasion Ukraine started its counterattack. At the moment it is not clear how successful it...
African Peace Mediators Present 10-Points Document to Vladimir Putin
On June 17, 2023, Vladimir Putin received heads of delegations of African states in the Constantine Palace. Located outside St. Petersburg, the former capital...
Northern Sea Route: Significance, Challenges and Future Perspectives
Comparatively it was not 'business as usual' during the 26th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) orgainzed in St. Petersburg as attandence was...
A New Era for Russia – Algeria Partnership
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his delegation visited Russia, from June 14 through 16, to forge strategic partnership between the two countries. He went...
Russo-Ukrainian War and the Indigenous Arctic Population’s Human Security
This essay focuses on analyzing how the currently ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war could possibly become one source of threat to the Arctic indigenous people’s human...