Illustration by permission of Caricature Master The Washington Post’s Mary Ilyushina reports that Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture. Excerpt: .As...
Illustration used with permission of Character Master Alain Catzeflis, at The Article, calls Putin out as “a villain hiding in plain sight.” Excerpt: … Putin. How did this political matryoshka doll go from bright young spark with the world at...
Understanding why Putin invaded Ukraine — and the inevitable losses Russia confronts — can help accelerate Russia’s ending of hostilities. Chris Snow, at Medium, on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire (Glory Blog 2 from Part Snow Part 1),...
Understanding why Putin invaded Ukraine can help accelerate Russia’s ending of hostilities. Chris Snow, at Medium, on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire (Part 1), provides enough revelations for more than one blog of which this is the first. Excerpt: A...
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace shows how dangerously fragile the Russian Republic economy now is: Russia’s economic future beyond 2025 looks troubling. On the surface, economic growth and low unemployment create an illusion of stability for the country’s...