China and Russia: a Master–Vassal Pact Against Common Enemies

Military partnership, energy deal, occupied territories of Ukraine and cooperation in FIMI

China and Russia: a Master–Vassal Pact Against Common Enemies

Military partnership, energy deal, occupied territories of Ukraine and cooperation in FIMI
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 28, 2026

Escalation of Rhetoric: The European Track of the Kremlin’s Domestic Propaganda

How the Kremlin popaganda escalates the narrative of an inevitable war with Europe
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 28, 2026

Escalation of Rhetoric: The European Track of the Kremlin’s Domestic Propaganda

How the Kremlin popaganda escalates the narrative of an inevitable war with Europe
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 23, 2026

A New Phase of the Drone War: Strikes on Russian Marketplace Warehouses

Strikes on Wildberries exposed the systemic vulnerability of Russia’s economy and turned into a source of domestic political discontent
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 23, 2026

A New Phase of the Drone War: Strikes on Russian Marketplace Warehouses

Strikes on Wildberries exposed the systemic vulnerability of Russia’s economy and turned into a source of domestic political discontent
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 08, 2026

“The Country Is Going In The Wrong Direction”: Public Opinion Dynamics In Russia Amid The Fuel Crisis

Russia’s fuel crisis turning the costs of war into everyday hardship and accelerating public distrust in the Kremlin
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 08, 2026

“The Country Is Going In The Wrong Direction”: Public Opinion Dynamics In Russia Amid The Fuel Crisis

Russia’s fuel crisis turning the costs of war into everyday hardship and accelerating public distrust in the Kremlin
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
June 23, 2026

The Kremlin At A Crossroads: Army Recruitment, Roundups Of Men, And The Risks Of A New Mobilization

Russia’s recruitment crisis is pushing the Kremlin toward covert mobilization, as raids in Penza expose growing military shortages and political risks.
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
June 23, 2026

The Kremlin At A Crossroads: Army Recruitment, Roundups Of Men, And The Risks Of A New Mobilization

Russia’s recruitment crisis is pushing the Kremlin toward covert mobilization, as raids in Penza expose growing military shortages and political risks.
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev

Russia's Fuel Crisis: From A Gasoline To A Narrative Deficit

Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure have triggered fuel shortages across dozens of regions, disrupted logistics to occupied Crimea, and exposed the failure of Kremlin propaganda.

Russia's Fuel Crisis: From A Gasoline To A Narrative Deficit

Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure have triggered fuel shortages across dozens of regions, disrupted logistics to occupied Crimea, and exposed the failure of Kremlin propaganda.
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
June 11, 2026

Russian Ultra-Right Groups In Support Of The “Party Of Perpetual War”

Why Russia’s ultra-right ideologues Alexander Dugin and Konstantin Malofeev present nuclear escalation and autocracy as the only path to victory, and why even the pro-war Z-community rejects their vision
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
June 11, 2026

Russian Ultra-Right Groups In Support Of The “Party Of Perpetual War”

Why Russia’s ultra-right ideologues Alexander Dugin and Konstantin Malofeev present nuclear escalation and autocracy as the only path to victory, and why even the pro-war Z-community rejects their vision
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 06, 2026

Ceasefire as Victory: Presidential Administration narrative testing and Kremlin expert debate

How the Presidential Administration is preparing Russians to accept a Ukraine ceasefire as victory amid battlefield deadlock and Z-blogger resistance
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 06, 2026

Ceasefire as Victory: Presidential Administration narrative testing and Kremlin expert debate

How the Presidential Administration is preparing Russians to accept a Ukraine ceasefire as victory amid battlefield deadlock and Z-blogger resistance
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 02, 2026

The Belarus factor: the Kremlin's propaganda efforts to draw Lukashenko into the war

Moscow’s escalating pressure on Minsk and Lukashenko’s efforts to keep Belarus out of the war
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
July 02, 2026

The Belarus factor: the Kremlin's propaganda efforts to draw Lukashenko into the war

Moscow’s escalating pressure on Minsk and Lukashenko’s efforts to keep Belarus out of the war
By Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
May 12, 2026

"Ukraine As Armenia's Possible Future": The Kremlin Against The European Summits In Yerevan

How the Kremlin used the Armenia–EU summit to frame European integration as a Ukraine-style path to war, lost sovereignty, and Western control
By Anton Mikhalchuk, Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
May 12, 2026

"Ukraine As Armenia's Possible Future": The Kremlin Against The European Summits In Yerevan

How the Kremlin used the Armenia–EU summit to frame European integration as a Ukraine-style path to war, lost sovereignty, and Western control
By Anton Mikhalchuk, Evgenii Liamin

“NATO’s Fracture and A New Military Bloc Rising”: The Kremlin’s European Narratives

How Kremlin propaganda turns NATO tensions and European rearmament into proof that the West is preparing a wider war with Russia

“NATO’s Fracture and A New Military Bloc Rising”: The Kremlin’s European Narratives

How Kremlin propaganda turns NATO tensions and European rearmament into proof that the West is preparing a wider war with Russia
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
May 07, 2026

Victory Day 2026 Amid Mounting Kremlin Failure

How Ukraine’s drone strikes and rising war fatigue turned Victory Day 2026 into a display of Kremlin weakness rather than triumph
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
May 07, 2026

Victory Day 2026 Amid Mounting Kremlin Failure

How Ukraine’s drone strikes and rising war fatigue turned Victory Day 2026 into a display of Kremlin weakness rather than triumph
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 25, 2026

Russia's Escalation Course in Europe: Official Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Provocations

How Russia’s security bloc combines anti-NATO rhetoric with Baltic provocations to manufacture a pretext for escalation beyond Ukraine
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 25, 2026

Russia's Escalation Course in Europe: Official Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Provocations

How Russia’s security bloc combines anti-NATO rhetoric with Baltic provocations to manufacture a pretext for escalation beyond Ukraine
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 02, 2026

Destabilisation as the primary goal of the Kremlin's campaign in Armenia's 2026 elections

How the Kremlin made destabilisation the central strategy for restoring Russian influence and blocking Armenia’s turn toward the West
By Egor Kuroptev, Anton Mikhalchuk
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 02, 2026

Destabilisation as the primary goal of the Kremlin's campaign in Armenia's 2026 elections

How the Kremlin made destabilisation the central strategy for restoring Russian influence and blocking Armenia’s turn toward the West
By Egor Kuroptev, Anton Mikhalchuk
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 20, 2026

Pressure From Within: Public Anger as a Weapon in Russia's Ongoing Elite Conflict

How the Presidential Administration used loyal influencers and falling Putin ratings to challenge the FSB, and influence Russia’s choice between escalation and face-saving peace
By Egor Kuroptev, Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
April 20, 2026

Pressure From Within: Public Anger as a Weapon in Russia's Ongoing Elite Conflict

How the Presidential Administration used loyal influencers and falling Putin ratings to challenge the FSB, and influence Russia’s choice between escalation and face-saving peace
By Egor Kuroptev, Evgenii Liamin

Voice & Exit: Russian society's responses to the Kremlin's new wave of digital censorship

How Russia’s Telegram crackdown turned digital censorship into a shared grievance, driving users toward VPNs, alternative messengers, and protest

Voice & Exit: Russian society's responses to the Kremlin's new wave of digital censorship

How Russia’s Telegram crackdown turned digital censorship into a shared grievance, driving users toward VPNs, alternative messengers, and protest
EK Strategic Communications Center Report

Mobilization: Infrastructure Readiness and the Kremlin’s Political Vulnerability

Why Moscow is avoiding a new draft before elections while quietly preparing for one afterward
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report

Mobilization: Infrastructure Readiness and the Kremlin’s Political Vulnerability

Why Moscow is avoiding a new draft before elections while quietly preparing for one afterward
By Evgenii Liamin
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
March 12, 2026

Kremlin's Hardline vs. Rising Peace Demand and Z-disillusionment

Record peace demand and Z-frustration expose the Kremlin’s isolation from both society and battlefield reality
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
March 12, 2026

Kremlin's Hardline vs. Rising Peace Demand and Z-disillusionment

Record peace demand and Z-frustration expose the Kremlin’s isolation from both society and battlefield reality
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
February 21, 2026

Impoverished Kremlin between China and the United States

Moscow courts Washington for sanctions relief while preserving maximalist war aims and deepening dependence on China
By Boris Zolotarevsky
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
February 21, 2026

Impoverished Kremlin between China and the United States

Moscow courts Washington for sanctions relief while preserving maximalist war aims and deepening dependence on China
By Boris Zolotarevsky
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
February 14, 2026

Kremlin Blocks Telegram: In-Depth Strategic Analysis

The Kremlin’s Information Control Strategy, Internal Contradictions, and the Durov Factor
By Boris Zolotarevsky
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
February 14, 2026

Kremlin Blocks Telegram: In-Depth Strategic Analysis

The Kremlin’s Information Control Strategy, Internal Contradictions, and the Durov Factor
By Boris Zolotarevsky

Inside Russia’s Digital Iron Curtain: The Rise of the Max Messenger

The Kremlin’s flagship project to bring the country’s entire digital space under centralized control

Inside Russia’s Digital Iron Curtain: The Rise of the Max Messenger

The Kremlin’s flagship project to bring the country’s entire digital space under centralized control
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
September 08, 2025

Economic Vulnerabilities 2025: A Pressure Point for the Kremlin

War spending and sanctions expose Russia’s fragile economy — deficits mount, prices soar, unrest grows
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
September 08, 2025

Economic Vulnerabilities 2025: A Pressure Point for the Kremlin

War spending and sanctions expose Russia’s fragile economy — deficits mount, prices soar, unrest grows
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 14, 2026

Telegram Under Pressure: Kremlin's Information Control Strategy and Internal Contradictions

EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 14, 2026

Telegram Under Pressure: Kremlin's Information Control Strategy and Internal Contradictions

EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 10, 2026

Z-Anger at the Kremlin: Pro-War Community Turns on the Regime

Battlefield lies, Starlink dependence, and security failures turn Russia’s pro-war base against the regime
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 10, 2026

Z-Anger at the Kremlin: Pro-War Community Turns on the Regime

Battlefield lies, Starlink dependence, and security failures turn Russia’s pro-war base against the regime
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 01, 2026

UNITED RUSSIA 2026: Coercion Replacing Concent

How collapsing support forces United Russia to replace electoral consent with surveillance, coercion, and visible fraud
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
February 01, 2026

UNITED RUSSIA 2026: Coercion Replacing Concent

How collapsing support forces United Russia to replace electoral consent with surveillance, coercion, and visible fraud

Russia 2026: Social Fault Lines and Regime Vulnerabilities

War fatigue, inflation, failing services, and digital resistance converge into a widening legitimacy crisis

Russia 2026: Social Fault Lines and Regime Vulnerabilities

War fatigue, inflation, failing services, and digital resistance converge into a widening legitimacy crisis
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
January 25, 2026

Kremlin Exploitation: Weaponizing Negotiation Rhetoric Without Policy Change

Moscow uses peace rhetoric to seek concessions, divide the West, and continue the war unchanged
EK Strategic Communications Center Brief
January 25, 2026

Kremlin Exploitation: Weaponizing Negotiation Rhetoric Without Policy Change

Moscow uses peace rhetoric to seek concessions, divide the West, and continue the war unchanged
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
December 09, 2025

The Kremlin’s Path Toward “Internet Sovereignty”: Shifts in Strategy

How the Kremlin is restructuring Russia’s digital space through shutdowns, allow-lists, and escalating pressure
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
December 09, 2025

The Kremlin’s Path Toward “Internet Sovereignty”: Shifts in Strategy

How the Kremlin is restructuring Russia’s digital space through shutdowns, allow-lists, and escalating pressure
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
October 25, 2025

Protest dynamics in Russia. Local triggers — systemic processes

From street musicians to municipal reform — how repression fuels civic resistance
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
October 25, 2025

Protest dynamics in Russia. Local triggers — systemic processes

From street musicians to municipal reform — how repression fuels civic resistance
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
October 02, 2025

Russia’s Gasoline Crisis

Key Military and Domestic Vulnerability for the Kremlin
EK Strategic Communications Center Report
October 02, 2025

Russia’s Gasoline Crisis

Key Military and Domestic Vulnerability for the Kremlin

Russia 2025: From Religious Procession to Fascist Congress

Contradictory Kremlin Narratives, Influence Operations, and Flashpoints

Russia 2025: From Religious Procession to Fascist Congress

Contradictory Kremlin Narratives, Influence Operations, and Flashpoints

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