Democracy and society | 13.09.2023 Russia’s show elections Over the weekend, Russia held another election, with expected results. But beneath the surface lurk clues to the 2024 presidential election
Interviews | 25.08.2023 ‘Wagner as an organisation is finished’ The head of the FES Russia programme, Alexey Yusupov, on the death of Prigozhin, violence of the Russian regime and stability of the Putin system
Democracy and society | 30.06.2023 The biggest game changer in Russian politics We don’t know what Prigozhin really intended with his mutiny. But he accidentally revived a preoccupation long thought dead in Moscow — real politics
Foreign and security policy | 20.07.2022 What did Western sanctions on Russia achieve? Western sanctions haven’t ended Russia’s war on Ukraine. But they are likely to set back the country’s economic development by 30 years
Democracy and society | 28.03.2022 Condemn the Kremlin’s actions, not the people The West’s tough line against Russia is justified. But European societies must prevent the ‘othering’ of Russian people and Russian speakers
Japan’s feminist reckoning In World War II, the Japanese Army forced women and girls into sexual slavery. With ‘Me too’ gaining momentum, it’s time to reckon with the past
The hope of the Dutch left Frans Timmermans is running for Dutch prime minister. Can the former vice-president of the EU Commission lead his left-wing alliance to victory?
Democracy to the rescue Politics might be broken, but it’s certainly not irreparable — and democracy has the tools to fix it