The Russian Military is Facing a Looming Demography Crisis
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · A crude metric, the “militarization rate”—a ratio comparing the number of men aged 20-34 with the size of the military—allows Russia’s demographic challenges to be put into context. In 2020, Russia’s militarization rate was 6.31 percent, based on 14.25 million men aged 20-34 in the country and a standing military of 900,000 (as ...
Displaced Conflict: Russia’s Qualified Success in Combatting …
WEBApr 29, 2021 · On the surface, Russia’s claims to success appear justified. In Syria, Thomas Schaffner has detailed how Russia has succeeded in protecting or advancing its national interests through intervention in multiple ways. In the North Caucasus, year-on-year insurgent violence has declined and organized insurgency has been eliminated.
Analysis - Russia Matters
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Olga Kiyan June 20, 2024 RM Exclusives. Sobyanin has featured in lists of Putin’s successors for some time, partly as a result of Sobyanin’s ability to toe whatever lines Putin sets on key aspects of Russia’s internal policies, while staying mum on trickier external policies (Russia’s war in Ukraine being one exception). 1.
Skepticism About US Intentions and Other Enduring …
WEBOct 4, 2018 · Twenty-five years ago this week, a confrontation between Russia’s then President Boris Yeltsin and the country’s parliament culminated in armed standoffs that left more than 100 people dead and became unambiguously one of the most consequential events in Russia’s post-Soviet history.
Measuring National Power: Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia in Decline?
WEBMay 4, 2018 · The same period saw the power of China and India, Russia’s BRICS peers, grow by 106.53 percent and 29.84 percent, respectively, while the power of Brazil and South Africa declined by 14.42 percent and 4.39 percent, respectively. Most of Russia’s post-Soviet peers also saw their power increase in the research period, as did Russia’s ...
Why Putin Needs Peter the Great - Russia Matters
WEBJun 23, 2022 · Why Putin Needs Peter the Great. Putin’s attitude toward history may at first glance seem contradictory. On one hand, he is a diehard traditionalist who gives historical justifications for his decisions, appeals to the national past as a key source of popular mobilization and is deeply engaged in the restoration of Russia’s remote and not ...
Timothy Colton on Political Succession in Russia
WEBOct 31, 2019 · Ekaterina Karpenko and Mariam Dadashyan. Timothy Colton is a leading expert on Russian and Eurasian government and politics. He teaches at Harvard University, where he is the Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, and formerly served as director of the university's Davis Center for …
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine War - Russia Matters
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The Biden administration was unwilling to eliminate that threat through diplomacy and indeed in 2021 recommitted the United States to bringing Ukraine into NATO. Putin responded by invading Ukraine on Feb. 24 of this year. Second, the Biden administration has reacted to the outbreak of war by doubling down against Russia.
By the Numbers: Where Do Russia’s Energy Exports Go?
WEBMar 25, 2022 · On March 8, the EU published a plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year and to completely wean itself off Russian gas “well before 2030.”. But in 2021 almost one-fifth of Russia’s total gas exports (19%) went to Germany alone, making it the top individual recipient for the year. Next were Turkey at 11% and Italy at 10%.
Latest Russian Polls: Attitudes Toward Ukraine War ... - Russia …
WEBApr 13, 2022 · Anti-War Protests. Over half of respondents (58%) have heard about street protests in Russia opposing the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, with the share of 18- to 24-year-olds who are aware of them considerably higher (72%). Nearly half (48%) of people aged 55 and older have not heard about the protests, which have resulted in …
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