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Foreign Aggression, Own ‘Operation’: How Russia Appropriated the Language of International Law
At the end of February 2026, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a series of official…
Carthago Delenda Est
Two millennia ago, Roman senator Cato the Elder returned from a trip to Carthage and…
Those Who Fail to Learn the Lessons of Their Own Gulag are Building a New One
In February 2026, the Moscow authorities officially announced that a 'Museum of Memory for the…
The Siege Society: Russia’s Carceral State and the Reproduction of Imperial War
An analysis of contemporary Russia through the prism of the concept of a carceral state…
New Detention Centre with 4,000 places in the Moscow Region: Relieving Pressure on the System or Preparing for a New Wave of Repression?
In early February 2026, the Main State Expert Review Board of the Russian Federation issued…
“No Face, No Responsibility? International Standards for Identifying Officials and the Practice of Mobilisation Detentions
In contemporary Ukrainian public discourse, the issue of actual detentions and the use of physical…
The Kremlin’s Trojan Horse: How the Cult of ‘Afghans’ Works for Russia. Why Preserving the Soviet ‘Day of Glory’ in Ukraine is Not a Tribute to Memory But a Tool of Hybrid Warfare
Russia is methodically destroying Ukrainian cities, killing children, and employing scorched earth tactics. And on…
The Penal Colony Empire: The Uniqueness of the Russian Model of Colonialism
When discussing the nature of the modern Russian empire, it is necessary to take into…
The Concept of ‘Russkiy Mir’ in the Kremlin’s Official Position (Analysis of the Press Conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
The concept of the ‘Russian World’ (Russian: ‘Русский мир’) is a key ideologeme of contemporary…
The Carceral Nature of Russian Statehood: a Critical Analysis of Contemporary Russian Society
The main and most common, yet most dangerous mistake made by most Western researchers, analysts,…