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1 – 10 of 31Russia has managed to ensure relative order and stability in the region in recent years, with transfers from the federal budget helping tame local opposition groups that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286706
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Tatarstan, a leading proponent of autonomy, is being targeted in a drive for centralisation and cultural/linguistic homogenisation aimed at consolidating a Russian-speaking state…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279023
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Annexation has not proceeded smoothly, despite talk of streamlined political and economic integration. Limited control of the four 'new regions', continuing warfare and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275497
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Despite or because of an unfavourable battlefield situation, Russia has pressed on with formally annexing the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. The Kremlin has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273196
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Crimea's main value to Moscow is as a naval base restoring dominance in the Black Sea and allowing sustained military action in Syria. The economy is heavily reliant on Moscow for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211576
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As stalemate persists on the adjacent front line between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebels, Moscow's naval build-up in the Sea of Azov looks like a way of choking off…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240106
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A deal would be a sign of success in bilateral engagement since President Volodymyr Zelensky came to power. This is not a breakthrough -- conflict resolution is still at a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245993
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The Russian government has clamped down on dissent while injecting large subsidies into Crimea since seizing the territory in 2014. The costs of this financial support have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227556
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Security challenges and responses in the Baltic states.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210210
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Coal exports from eastern Ukraine.