We can expect there might be something boiling inside the system but obviously, smart people will try to hide it as much as possible before beginning to collect allies and resources to act
Kirill Shamiev expects the Russian political opposition to take more time before becoming a potential threat to Putin’s next presidency
In this interview, Kirill Shamiev explains the possible implications of Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Black Sea navy in Crimea
All these drone attacks force the Russian Ministry of Defense to distribute its limited number of defense assets deeper into Russia
Kirill Shamiev comments on Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia
Prigozhin appointed some very experienced retired military officers to command his mercenaries, but he remained more of a political leader
Kirill Shamiev comments on Prigozhin´s death
Putin has been suspected of murdering people since 2000
Kirill Shamiev comments on Yevgeny Prigozhin´s presumed death
It is hard to imagine a more nationalist leader of Russia than President Vladimir Putin
Kirill Shamiev writes about Russian ethnonationalism
In the period immediately following the war,] there was a policy of rapprochement, a reset of relations, so the patriotic upsurge wasn’t artificially fueled the way it was after 2014
Kirill Shamiev comments on the lessons learned by Russia´s elites from the 2008 invasion of Georgia
In this podcast, Kirill Shamiev talks about civil-military relations in Russia
Russian civil-military relations are in crisis
Kirill Shamiev writes about Russia´s civil-military relations after the Wagner mutiny
Prigozhin bypassed Russian military, police, and FSB bases with no attempts by those units to stop him
Kirill Shamiev comments on the weaknesses weighing on Putin after the Wagner mutiny