Mark Galeotti
With the future unpredictable and rivalries growing ever sharper, no one dares step away from power
‘Sometimes our friends themselves behave in such a way that no enemies are needed,’ Putin’s spokesman said recently
If, as some suggest, the operation was bankrolled by a Ukrainian oligarch, he could presumably afford to hire the best
By framing Putin as a modern-day Caesar, Zelensky is trying to deepen the paranoia shrouding Russian politics
A kleptocratic elite is seeing Putin as bad for business
