The war’s next stage is likely to be a hard-fought struggle of attrition
By Mark Galeotti
AIs have the untiring speed of a computer and the capacity to learn the analytic leaps of human intuition
By Mark Galeotti
The target of recruiting an extra 290,000-plus kontraktniki seems wildly optimistic
By Mark Galeotti
There is a growing fraction of nationalist opinion that is coming to see opposing Putin as a patriotic duty
By Mark Galeotti
Bout will become a symbol of Moscow’s commitment to its own
By Mark Galeotti
As the front lines roll back, Crimea comes ever more clearly into play
By Mark Galeotti
From a military perspective, the loss of munitions is well worth the information gathered in return
By Mark Galeotti
There is a range of ‘non-kinetic’ means of punishing Russia for escalation
By Mark Galeotti
It can hardly be accidental that this took place just before Baltic Pipe was inaugurated
By Mark Galeotti
There is little evidence that the military can do what he’s asking of it
By Mark Galeotti
The former general secretary of the Soviet Union ushered in the new world
By Mark Galeotti
Putin’s regime is weaker than it looks
By Mark Galeotti
The official line is that the doping program did not happen. The unofficial one is that everyone dopes, but only the Russians get punished
By Mark Galeotti
Overheated rhetoric encourages woolly-thinking at home and a backlash in Russia
By Mark Galeotti
When the war ended in 1988, it was not because the Soviets had been beaten on the battlefield but because they had been exhausted
By Mark Galeotti
