But Vladimir Putin will keep fighting, and claiming victory prematurely
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His every move to preserve power accelerates decay, writes a former senior official in the Russian government
Fighting in Ukraine will grind on in 2026. Vladimir Putin will continue to throw away Russian lives pointlessly, but sooner or…
He bets on a military breakthrough or a Trump-brokered stitch-up
Even at an accelerated recent pace, seizing Ukraine’s eastern regions would take more than two years
A new book about Boris Nemtsov, a Putin critic, makes you wonder
Russia’s president cannot win the war, but fears peace
