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Paranoia and Poison — the Kremlin Panics Over Exiles

By Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

Putin’s Russia is an espionocracy, a spy-run state inspired by intelligence agency approaches to problems like the swelling exile community.

May 30, 2023
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Regional Security
Photo: Russian marines take part in a ceremony marking 240th anniversary of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea May 13, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak
Time to End Russia’s Black Sea Piracy
By Kurt Volker
May 30, 2023
Regional Security
Sandu’s Line-up: the Chişinău Summit
By Edward Lucas
May 30, 2023
Emerging technology
Photo: OpenAI Logo in 3D. Credit: Mariia Shalabaieva via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/nYSdjVD2ayo
An AI Challenge: Balancing Open and Closed Systems
By Pablo Chavez
May 30, 2023
Russia
Photo: Relatives of the defenders of "Azovstal" and other Ukrainians honored in Kyiv the Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russians who died in Olenivka on July 29, 2022. The action took place on September 6, on the fortieth day since the fire in the barracks killed prisoners. Credit: Photo by Oleksandr Khomenko/NurPhoto
“Strangers Might Think We’re Russian”
By Lera Burlakova
May 30, 2023
China
Photo: Chinese police officers check a freight train of China Railway Express running from Linfen to Italy's Lugo before departing from the north Houma station in Linfen city, north China's Shanxi province, 25 October 2017. A freight train headed for Lugo, Italy, had departed from the north Houma station in Linfen city, north China's Shanxi province, 25 October 2017. This freight train will travel along the Silk Road Economic Belt through Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and France. Thanks to the freight line, transport times and transport costs have been drastically reduced. Credit: Oriental Image via Reuters Connect
Italy Reaches the End of the Silk Road
By Michael Sheridan
May 30, 2023

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Photo: Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attends a news conference on Sweden's NATO bid in Stockholm, Sweden January 24, 2023. Credit: Pontus Lundahl /TT News Agency via REUTERS
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