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Almost a half of the nearly 1,000 presidential decrees signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023 were reportedly “classified” – more than in any other year.

Vladimir Putin's strategic alliance with Ramzan Kadyrov hinges on financial incentives and military support, maintaining a precarious balance of power in Chechnya that faces uncertainty in the event of leadership changes in Moscow or Grozny. Overall, Ramzan's and Vlad's relationship comes down to one dealbreaker—money. Putin has a contingency plan for Chechnya whenever Ramzan's time comes. However, whoever succeeds the Russian autocrat may be unprepared for the power vacuum...

Israel is exacting brutal vengeance on innocent people for Hamas’ crimes. But pursuing a lasting peace is the only way to defeat their enemy.

Discover the roles and controversies surrounding Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman of Chechnya, and his Caucasian enclave ruthlessly lead and maintained by all means.

The war in Ukraine has started a domestic culture war for Russia’s ethnic minorities.

Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft sent hundreds of its employees to fight in Ukraine last summer as the Kremlin struggled to recruit soldiers for its war, according to an investigation by the independent news website IStories.  Journalists said that, in the months before President Vladimir Putin announced a "partial” mobilization in September 2022, Transneft was sending and equipping its employees from across Russia's regions to join a volunteer military battalion call...

Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist that was killed in 2006, foresaw what would become of Russia under Vladimir Putin. Her daughter explains in a new book how no one listened to the warning signs.

How did this happen, and where is this going?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed Andrei Troshev, the former head of the Wagner Group, to start forming "volunteer units". Source: Russian Interfax news agency, with reference to Putin's statement during a meeting with Troshev Quote: "At our last meeting, we talked about the fact that you will be engaged in the formation of volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks - first of all, of course, in the area of the special military operation.

Dmitry Zelensky, 41, was pardoned in June, after serving six months on the front lines in Ukraine as a Wagner Group mercenary, having been recruited from prison where he was serving an 11-year sentence for slaughtering his girlfriend, Tatiana Melekhina.