On paper, Russia is a multi­ethnic state whose national minorities enjoy consti­tu­tional protection. In reality, however, the rights of non-Russian peoples have been drasti­cally curtailed for years. Since 2024, anyone in Russia who advocates for ethnic and Indigenous groups is faced with the threat of prose­cution under the country’s draconian extremism laws. Yelizaveta Landen­berger analyses the situation.

Russia is unlikely to disin­te­grate soon, but its current leadership can no longer guarantee stability. The war against Ukraine and the Wagner mutiny have shown that Putin’s regime is both...

In the light of Vladimir Putin’s military failures in Ukraine and discus­sions about Russia’s possible future after Putin, there has been much discussion recently about Russia “disin­te­grating” or “falling apart”...