Press Release – In Memoriam: Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025)
Press Release – In Memoriam: Vladimir Socor (1945–2025)
Announcing – Promethean Liberation: Russia’s Emerging National and Regional Movements
Kremlin Seeks Terrorist Label for Russian Dissidents Abroad
Executive Summary: The Russian Supreme Court is preparing to consider a lawsuit designating the New York-based Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) as a “terrorist organization.” ACF is the U.S. arm of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), founded by... MORE
Kremlin Populating its Army Through Apathy and Idealism
Executive Summary: The number of Russians willing to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to fight against Ukraine has recently declined, and several regions have been forced to reduce the payments to... MORE
Russia’s Exclusion from Joint Caspian Drills Shows Regional Shift
Executive Summary: Russia’s influence in the Caspian Sea littoral has declined since 2020 due to Moscow’s war against Ukraine diminishing Russian resources and international standing, regional conflicts and reordering, and the growing navies of Azerbaijan,... MORE
Russia Becoming a Gas Station Without Gasoline
Executive Summary: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has led to a domestic fuel crisis, as Ukraine’s repeated drone strikes on oil facilities, as well as international sanctions, have constrained Russia’s largest industry. In... MORE
Official Nationality Lives On in Putin’s Russia
Executive Summary: The nationality line in Russian passports, which Moscow exploited to oppress minorities in Soviet times, no longer exists, but official nationality as a legal category still exists in Russia, forcing many to turn... MORE
Georgian Refinery Accepts Russian Oil, Raising Sanctions Concerns
Executive Summary: On October 6, privately-owned Russian oil company RussNeft delivered 105,340 tons of Siberian Light crude to Georgia’s newly built, partially state-financed Kulevi refinery, its first full-cycle refinery capable of producing Euro-5 gasoline and... MORE
Russia Showcases Nuclear Capabilities
Executive Summary: On October 22, Russia conducted its annual strategic nuclear forces exercise, coinciding with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) “Steadfast Noon” drills, which Moscow routinely denounces as provocative and threatening. The Russian exercise... MORE
Nuclear Means Come to Front of Putin’s Long-War Strategy
Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated his nuclear brinkmanship, announcing tests of new weapons, such as the Burevestnik and Poseidon weapon systems. After these tests, U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly responded by ordering the... MORE
Umar Mansoor Haqqani: Commander of Taliban Suicide Bombers in Pakistan
Executive Summary: Umar Mansoor Haqqani, a veteran Pakistani Taliban commander affiliated with the Ghazwatul Hind (TTG) and Jabhat Ansar al-Mahdi Khorasan (JAMK) factions, was killed by Pakistani forces on September 8 after orchestrating major suicide... MORE