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Russia Analytical Report, Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 2024 | Russia Matters
Nov 4, 2024 · Officials in Beijing fear they are losing leverage over their neighbors,” The Economist, 10.31.24. Many analysts agree that China is peeved by North Korea’s apparent tilt towards Russia. Since last year the two countries’ leaders, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, have exchanged chummy visits.
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Nov 1, 2024 · Russia gained more territory in October, including 160+ square miles in the Donetsk region, than in any month since July 2022, according to NYT’s analysis of ISW maps. According to estimates, which ISW itself shared with RM, the Russian armed forces have made a net gain of 206 square miles between Sept. 30, 2024, and Oct. 31, 2024.
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Russia Matters is a project launched in 2016 by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and made possible with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Stanton Foundation.. The project’s main aim is to improve the understanding of Russia and the U.S.-Russian relationship among America’s policymakers and concerned public.
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Oct 3, 2024 · Assessing Negotiation Readiness in Russia-Ukraine War. Marat Atnashev, Arvid Bell September 25, 2024 RM Exclusives. In the current phase of the war, the strategies of key parties—Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China and others—are predominantly shaped by their “best alternative to a negotiated agreement” (BATNA), rather than a thorough ...
Comparing Pathways to Peace in Ukraine | Russia Matters
Aug 30, 2024 · The deep-seated mistrust and conflicting interests between Russia and Ukraine make the path to a resolution fraught with obstacles. Russia’s strategic desire to render Ukraine weak and subordinate contrasts sharply with Ukraine’s pursuit of sovereignty. Russia’s visceral fears over NATO’s eastward expansion directly clash with Ukraine ...
Russia Analytical Report, Sept. 30-Oct. 7, 2024
Oct 7, 2024 · 2 Ideas to Explore. Ukrainian armed forces are using rope-a-dope tactics against their Russian counterparts, but “it remains unclear how much territory Kyiv will have to give up before the Russian Army runs out of steam—if it ever does,” NYT journalist Constant Méheut writes in his analysis of what has become a war of attrition. According to calculations of Finland-based Black Bird ...
Russia’s Constitutional Amendments Keep Several Futures …
Jun 25, 2020 · On July 1, Russian citizens will be voting to approve amendments to the 1993 constitution, proposed by Vladimir Putin in January, planned for a vote in April and postponed to the summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.If adopted, the main change will be to allow Putin to stay in power after the end of his second consecutive—and fourth total—mandate, possibly up to 2036, when he is ...
Russia in Review, Nov. 1-8, 2024 | Russia Matters
Jan 8, 2024 · Klimenko commanded a motorized rifle brigade in Russia’s proxy militia in occupied Donetsk before it was integrated into the regular military. (Meduza, 11.08.24) On Nov. 8, Russia kept up the pressure on Ukraine's cities, striking the southern region of Odesa and Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city.
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Nov 6, 2024 · Simon Saradzhyan. A majority of Russians would support ending hostilities and launching peace negotiations, according to the results of a September 2024 poll by Russia's Levada Center on Russians' views on the war against Ukraine. However, when asked if Russia should make concessions in such negotiations, a vast majority answered in the negative.