Anton Barbashin
@ABarbashin
Editorial Director @RiddleRussia/Редакционный Директор @RidlRussia PGR @CEES_GlasgowUni
This week we @RiddleRussia completed a 10 piece series on whether and how Russian can continue the war in Ukraine. Below are analysis of military, economic, social and foreign policy dimensions of Russian policy 1/11
Russian MP voted 11 times the day he was pronounced dead. Loving the Kremlin to the death and beyond
Trump’s “50 days” are no longer “50 days” but whatever number of days needed if things start moving.
There are fires in Siberia now, every summer. Global warming, you know. Yet the governor of Zabaykalsky Krai now blames “arsonists working for Ukraine”. I guess in a few months he will blame Ukrainians for extra snow in the winter
Забайкальский губернатор обвинил в лесных пожарах работающих «на украинцев» поджигателей ift.tt/vpx9qC3
Russian lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow military conscription (not to be confused with mobilization) to take place year-round, rather than in two seasonal drives. meduza.io/en/news/2025/0…
You would think that Russia would like to preserve indirect ties with Die Linke but no every western organisation has to go. No Russia should be allowed to cooperation with representatives of the decadent aggressive and undesirable West
Russia designated Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxglobal an "undesirable organization," making it a civil and criminal offence for Russian citizens to participate in the work of the foundation
TODAY @ 2:00PM ET | What are the changes taking place among the countries of the South Caucasus? Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, @ABarbashin, Laura Linderman, & @eRudenshiold join @JohnEdHerbst to discuss. atlanticcouncil.org/event/what-new…
Traditional values, I guess. The future is dronemaker
A thoroughly depressing story: Russia's military-industrial complex is pulling young people out of high school so they can build instruments of death. For motivation, they're telling these teens that "Stalin's DNA" courses through their veins. Poor kids. meduza.io/en/news/2025/0…
This is what I would call "preemptive finger-pointing". The US hasn't even done anything yet but it is already complaining that Europe is not doing enough. It's a bad sign. It means sanctions are unlikely.
Children born during Putin assemble drones to attack Ukraine, a country they've always seen as foreign, on the orders of Putin, born under Stalin, who still can't deal with the fact that Soviet Union collapsed.
In Russia, the Defence Ministry TV channel released footage of the attack UAV assembly factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan. Teenage students and young trainees staff its assembly lines making Shahed-type drones: themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/21/rus…
Mr. Dmitriev here still believes he can win Trump and his team over by attacking however Trump is attacking at the moment. Plenty of days left in the “50 day package”
Let’s be absolutely clear: Russia hoax is just one of MANY Obama/Biden lies about Russia. They weaponized the “Russia” narrative to attack President Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party. And make no mistake—those same lies helped lay the foundation for the Ukraine conflict.
A Chelyabinsk resident destroyed a memorial to Ukraine war veterans with a hammer. Russian authorities will want to treat this as a dangerous precedent that demands demonstrative actions. He is a facing a long time in prison.
Житель Челябинской области разбил мемориал погибшим на «СВО». Теперь его обвиняют в «сговоре с представителем Украины» Ночью 18 июля в парке города Аша 40-летний мужчина разбил кувалдой мемориал в память о погибших участниках войны против Украины. Подробности — в нашем видео.
When pressed on plans for the next three-year budget, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov revealed a significant shift in mandate: «We are doing everything necessary… so that, if we speak about a budget impulse, it aligns with the monetary policy aims set by the Bank of Russia……
Kremlin is losing its «war immunity»: the shock of the war for some and patriotic fervor for others no longer distract from everyday problem ridl.io/extremism-in-e…
Putin loves to cry about the the West “rewriting” the history of WWII. Yet it is Russian state media that now claim that British elites wanted join forces with Nazi Germany to plunder the Soviet Union but as the Soviet Union began defeating the Nazis, Brits have switched sides
«в последний момент»
Новую инициативу, скорее всего, продвигали силовые структуры и Совет Безопасности, который тоже можно назвать частью Кремля. Криминализация чтения осложняет работу гражданских политадминистраторов и информационного блока. ridl.io/ru/ekstremizm-…
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is suing Russian journalists who reported that he repeatedly paid for sexual services involving minors - schoolgirls from the regions brought to his mansion. I think he said “hoax, hoax” a few times
Олигарх Олег Дерипаска подал иск о защите чести и достоинства к журналистам @istories_media и @verstka_media после расследования о покупке сексуальных услуг несовершеннолетних — как минимум несколько школьниц рассказали, что среди клиентов был Дерипаска 🔽 storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/…
The State Duma passed a bill in two readings that introduces fines for searching for «extremist content» and accessing it via VPN Judging by the reactions - this move came from security agencies as the Presidential Admin greenlighted an attack on the bill ridl.io/extremism-in-e…
Russian cannot at the same time be incapable of taking Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and planning to invade NATO in 2027. Are we expecting a WWII style mobilization and miraculous expansion of military production next year? stripes.com/theaters/europ…
