The dynamics of Russia’s defence policy
Pavel Luzin discusses the interconnections between military expenditures, military education, exercises in Belarus and Russia’s political system
Army
Fifth-generation fighter jets
Pavel Luzin on Sukhoi Su-57 and Su-75 ‘Checkmate’ fighters in the political and economic context
Russian diesel-electric submarines: A classic balance of powers
Pavel Luzin on how Moscow’s real capabilities impact its maritime ambitions
Artificial intelligence in the Russian army
Pavel Luzin on the challenges and idiosyncrasies of the development of advanced military command-and-control systems in Russia
Russia’s military in the 2020s
Pavel Luzin on the challenges the Russian defence industry will face in the 2020s
Sanctions and the Russian defence industry
Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
The Russian military and COVID-19
Pavel Luzin on herd immunity to COVID-19 in the Russian Armed Forces
So different, but in some ways so similar
Kirill Shamiev on civil-military relations in the USA and Russia
The army versus Putin?
Pavel Luzin looks into the voting habits of Russia’s military and wonders why military personnel were more likely to vote against constitutional amendments than their compatriots
Price and prospects of the military space programme
Pavel Luzin on the development trends around the Russian military satellite constellation
Russia’s BattleBots
Pavel Luzin looks at the Russian military’s strides toward robotization, and finds a few missteps