The appearance of the children of Russia’s elite at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has long been portrayed as evidence of a looming “generational change” and their ascent to real power. That theory has not held up.
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Andrey Pertsev sums up the political week (1−5 June)
Putin continues to deny the harsh realities of the Russian economy, while its economic managers remain unable to offer any meaningful solutions as long as the war drags on. Big business can only stand by helplessly.
Check @ruboyinthehood.bsky.social new economic weekly
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It is becoming harder to see how existing dysfunction between fiscal, monetary, military, and growth policies can continue without a more administrative approach to economic management in Russia.
Drama surrounding Nabiullina and CBR suggests that old taboos may be weakening
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Today, Alexei Navalny would have turned 50.
For @platformraam.nl, I wrote about his legacy — and the difficult task of keeping it alive for Russia’s opposition in exile amid endless internal conflict and a deepening sense of despair among his many followers
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The way Russia's ruling party is preparing for Duma elections this fall reveals more about depth of public dissatisfaction with government policies than almost any other metric.
They appear to have little idea what to expect even a month from now, let alone three.
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#Kyrgyzstan once a promising young democracy in Central Asia, has become Russia’s second-most loyal partner after Belarus.
War in Ukraine has delivered major sanctions-evasion profits and Moscow’s patronage for its authoritarian turn at home
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For the first time ever, Brussels is directly punishing a third party - Kyrgyzstan with export bans after an 800%+ surge in re-exports of critical tech to Russia’s war machine.
A new precedent in the sanctions regime?
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Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (June 1 — June 5)
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Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (June 8— June 12)
Vakhtang Partsvania on the EU’s latest bid to tighten the screws on sanctions-evasion infrastructure — and how far this new strategy can realistically go
"Economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is distinguished by a degree of flexibility almost unimaginable in Russia’s dealings with any other country. This goes beyond sanctions evasion"
How so?
Read Riddle Russia analysis
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Can Ukraine sustain the war against Russia?
EU loans are keeping Kyiv’s economy alive amid 18% GDP deficits, 122% debt, and brutal attrition in Donetsk.
Russia grinds forward at horrific cost — but Ukraine’s long-term survival now depends on Europe
@erwoods.bsky.social
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The downturn in metallurgy has gotten so bad that only four regions(out of 89, 6 of which are in occupied Ukraine but part of Russian statistics) are currently on track to be net donors to the federal budget Russia
@ruboyinthehood.bsky.social
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Vladislav Inozemtsev on how partnership with China has turned Russia into its technological vassal
