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Russia faces critical shortage of qualified teachers nationwide
MOSCOW (Realist English). The shortage of schoolteachers across the country appears to be worsening. Given that the authorities are currently...
Putin and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff move closer on Ukraine
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held his fourth meeting in Moscow with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy appointed...
Moscow mayor under pressure as federal elites challenge his influence
MOSCOW (Realist News Agency). Prominent Russian political analyst Dmitry Fetisov believes that Sergey Sobyanin, the long-serving mayor of Moscow, is...
Naryshkin in Minsk: Russia and Belarus coordinate response to Western intelligence activity
MINSK (Realist English). On April 15, Sergey Naryshkin, Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), visited Belarus for high-level talks...
Putin hosts Trump envoy in public talks, sidelines Kyiv
SAINT PETERSBURG (RealistEnglish). Steve Witkoff, a personal envoy of Donald Trump, held a high-level meeting with President Vladimir Putin in...
Russia reports narrowing budget deficit despite falling oil revenues
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has reported a significant year-on-year reduction in the federal budget deficit for the first quarter of...
Results of Mishustin’s visit to China: the struggle for world leadership takes on more concrete features
BEIJING (English Realist). The visit of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to China has ended. This is one of the...
Alexander Khodakovsky named the reasons for the failures of the offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces outside urban conditions
DONETSK (Realist English). The armed conflict on the territory of the former Ukraine was defined by Alexander Khodakovsky, Deputy head...
How has the Russian elite changed during the year of the SMO
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the year of the special operation, the Russian elites has become much more homogeneous ideologically, because...
Bolton: Putin “clearly won” Alaska summit while Trump left with little to show
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former US national security adviser John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin “clearly won” last week’s Alaska...
Putin: Ukraine settlement must address root causes, Russia ready to work with Trump
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin described his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska as “constructive and...
Trump and Putin summit ends without Ukraine breakthrough
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). The long-awaited summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded Friday without an...
Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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