As of early October 2025, Ukrainian drone strikes were reported to have forced nearly 40% of Russia's oil refining capacity offline, with at least 70% of shutdowns directly linked to these strikes, ...

Despite his mastery of reductionist flattery and "unlimited devotion" to Putin, the speaker of the State Duma likely isn't a member of the Russian president's inner-most circle. Still, he may have a ...

The leaked 28-point peace proposal—reportedly drafted by U.S. and Russian negotiators before being presented to Kyiv—triggered an immediate wave of sharply divergent reactions from top officials ...

Humanitarian impact of the Ukraine conflict: “Russia Tried to Cut Ukraine’s Lights. Now It’s Aiming for the Heat,” Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova, New York Times, 11.15.25. Méheut and Konovalova ...

Areas of expertise include: psychotherapy and psychology in post-Soviet Russia; Russia's political and economic transformations following the collapse of the USSR.

A bipartisan group of ten U.S. senators has called on Hungary to stop buying Russian energy, expressing concern that Prime Minister Viktor Orban has shown “no sign of reducing” his country’s ...

Even before the U.S. sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, President Donald Trump was insisting that the Russian "economy is going to collapse.” The Oct. 22 announcement ...

What has Kamala Harris's VP pick said and done regarding Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the former post-Soviet space? Check out our compilation to find out.

This fall has seen Russian and U.S. rattle their nuclear sabers at each other at least twice. But while the first exchange of nuclear threats led to no practical consequences, the second round may end ...

Join the NYU Jordan Center in conversation with Columbia University's Dr. Anastasiia Vlasenko for a talk on Ukrainian legislation and politics How do legislative networks affect politics? This project ...