The Central African Republic will have to pay $800,000 weekly for Russian protection starting in 2026. The crisis-stricken ...

For example, ancient Rome ran on slavery; Russia on serfdom ... coalitions that can eventually generate inclusive political and economic institutions. In addition, information technology might ...

Pro-Russia social media accounts amplifying ... discrediting democratic institutions and officials, seizing on existing political divides and harnessing new artificial intelligence tools.

This liberal segment hopes that the country’s democratic institutions will keep ... an independent monitor of human rights in Russia, as of early May, the state has pending charges against 3,284 ...

By the mid-2000s, Russia’s resurgence, facilitated in part by surging commodity prices, signaled a more aggressive posture toward its neighbors. Moscow stepped up its economic coercion, political ...

There were, as for Februry 2024, over 140 organizations on Russia's “undesirable” list. This list includes media outlets, as well as organizations involved in political, cultural, and educational ...

Oleg Orlov, at 71, is one of Russia’s oldest political prisoners ... leading to a loss of $169 million for financial institutions. In 2017, he received a 27-year prison sentence, the longest ...

The Russian geopolitical move happened a year after China landed in the parliament, expelling Taiwan from its long-standing presence in this political ... institutions. In the last year, China and ...

Ukraine's allies have since debated whether to appropriate these to provide further financial and military backing to the country, but this seizure has been widely decried by Russia as theft.

And in countries where meaningful opposition has been curbed by ruling elites, such as Russia, many have ... a deeper dissatisfaction with political institutions and systems.