R.Politik
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The latest political news and analysis from Russia from political expert Tatiana Stanovaya @stanovaya and her team. More at rpolitik.com. #russia #russian #politics #russianpolitics #kremlin Contact us rpolitik@protonmail.com
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Subscriber growth
R.Politik has 2,198 subscribers. It lost 25 subscribers in the last 30 days (-1.1%).
Daily numbers, last 30 days
| Date | Subscribers | Change | Posts | Avg. post views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov | 2,198 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9 Nov | 2,197 | −1 | 1 | 281 |
| 8 Nov | 2,198 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4 Nov | 2,199 | −24 | 0 | – |
| 5 Oct | 2,223 | – | 0 | – |
When it posts
Times in UTC. 6 posts in 90 days.
Recent posts
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Russia and Ukraine are set to begin a new round of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi. This time, the agenda could draw European governments and NATO into direct negotiations with Moscow. For the first time since Istanbul in 2022, Washington has put Russia’s own post-war security explicitly on the table alongside guarantees for Ukraine. We explain the formats Washington is proposing for wider talks on European security. The US appears to want European governments and NATO to do much of the bargaining with Moscow while it keeps a watchful eye. European governments want a say in any settlement that affects their security. Many are wary, though, of being asked to negotiate directly with Moscow ove...
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President Vladimir Putin’s post-election cabinet reshuffle has left Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in office while removing his longstanding chief of staff and deputy, Dmitry Grigorenko. Two planned departures triggered the changes, and Putin chose to keep them limited. The redistribution of responsibilities over finance, digital policy and the government apparatus will determine how consequential they become. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov’s return to a deputy premiership comes as the government faces increasingly difficult choices over military spending, social commitments and economic stability. Control over scarce resources gives financial officials greater influence across policy ar...
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The diesel agreement gives Putin an opportunity to advance economic cooperation with Washington before any settlement in Ukraine. Trump’s immediate domestic priorities create room for arrangements that Moscow has long sought. The durability of this opening, however, depends partly on pressures that have little to do with resolving the war. A more transactional agenda changes the Kremlin’s tactical opportunities without necessarily bringing peace closer. Economic agreements can coexist with unchanged demands on Ukraine and continued military pressure. Meanwhile, Europe’s resistance to Moscow’s terms and its widening confrontation with Russia complicate any attempt to translate bilateral deal...
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The State Duma election has renewed expectations of tougher domestic policies, another military mobilisation and personnel changes. These involve different decisions and pressures. How much does the vote itself change the Kremlin’s calculations, and which developments would have followed regardless of the electoral calendar? United Russia’s campaign combined promises of normalisation with calls for wartime consolidation. These reflected different political needs: reassuring voters about everyday life while preparing society for further hardship. The new R.Politik Bulletin assesses how Putin will interpret the result and what to expect after the vote. It also examines the bargains and confl...
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Five points that help explain Moscow’s current approach to Ukraine. 1. Time is not really on Russia’s side. The claim that “time is on Putin’s side” is only partly true. The war was never designed to last this long: it is costly and carries mounting political and financial risks. Putin needs to end it sooner rather than later, but only on his terms. It would be more accurate to say that time is not on Ukraine’s side. That, however, does not mean it will become easier for Putin to achieve his goals. 2. While Putin wants to negotiate with the Americans, he is also prepared to talk to Ukrainians — but not to Zelensky. This is a long-standing idea: to reach an agreement with Ukrainian milita...
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The war in Ukraine is entering a more dangerous phase of multilateral escalation, with few remaining guardrails. Ukrainian attacks are reaching deeper into Russia, Moscow is intensifying strikes on Ukraine and pressure on its maritime trade, and European support is becoming more directly connected to Kyiv’s capacity to strike Russian territory. Germany’s attribution of the attempted Leipzig airport attack to Moscow, alongside a succession of hybrid and other hostile incidents across Europe, has driven Russian-German relations into a new crisis and increased the risk of the confrontation spilling beyond Ukraine. At the same time, Washington is making a new attempt to reopen negotiations, ev...
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Several Wildberries logistics facilities were attacked in less than a week. The strikes mark a significant expansion of the war into Russia’s civilian consumer economy, directly affecting a platform used by millions of consumers, employees and small businesses. The damage is highly visible, yet the state has no agreed mechanism for protecting private infrastructure or distributing wartime losses. Companies are expected to manage the consequences, demonstrate social responsibility and avoid placing additional demands on the authorities. The new R.Politik Bulletin considers how Putin views these losses, how political managers are trying to reconcile them with the official narrative and what h...
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Putin does not believe that Ukraine's strike campaign can break Russian society. He reads it as a Western attempt to make his position fragile, and he is drawing conclusions from that reading which are not the ones being anticipated in Western capitals. The new R.Politik Bulletin, No. 13 (187), is out today. The assumption underpinning current Western policy is that mounting pressure will eventually bring Putin to the negotiating table. Trump has said publicly that the strikes on Russian refineries are "an escalation that can help lead to an end". Moscow's reply, and more importantly its private calculation, points the other way. The bulletin sets out what the Kremlin actually concludes fr...
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The US-Iran memorandum signed in Islamabad is being read in Moscow in two seemingly contradictory ways. The loud version treats it as an American capitulation in the war — confirmation that Washington tried to topple an authoritarian regime but failed, and ended up in a more complicated position than before the war: a sign that US power is in decline despite its military might. The quieter, more realist version acknowledges that stepping back is itself a smart move to correct a mistake, and proof of flexibility — ending the war is in any case better than a militarised destabilisation of the region with nuclear risks. Moscow's real hope is that a closed Iran file frees Trump to turn back to...
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Armenia has held an election that became a new geopolitical test for Russia: whether it has learnt the lessons of its failed relationships with the former Soviet states, how the decision-making unfolded, and why, once again, Moscow resorted to old coercive tactics despite past setbacks. No surprise — the overt pressure lifted Pashinyan's rating and helped him to the result that secures an absolute majority in parliament. For the Kremlin that creates an incentive not to recognise the legitimacy of the vote and to keep up the pressure, betting on escalation rather than normalisation. What stands out is how contentious this has become inside Russia. Analysts close to the authorities have warne...
1,130 views
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The diesel agreement gives Putin an opportunity to advance economic cooperation with Washington before any settlement in Ukraine. Trump’s immediate domestic priorities create room for arrangements that Moscow has long sought. The durability of this opening, however, depends partly on pressures that have little to do with resolving the war. A more transactional agenda changes the Kremlin’s tactical opportunities without necessarily bringing peace closer. Economic agreements can coexist with unchanged demands on Ukraine and continued military pressure. Meanwhile, Europe’s resistance to Moscow’s terms and its widening confrontation with Russia complicate any attempt to translate bilateral deal...
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President Vladimir Putin’s post-election cabinet reshuffle has left Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in office while removing his longstanding chief of staff and deputy, Dmitry Grigorenko. Two planned departures triggered the changes, and Putin chose to keep them limited. The redistribution of responsibilities over finance, digital policy and the government apparatus will determine how consequential they become. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov’s return to a deputy premiership comes as the government faces increasingly difficult choices over military spending, social commitments and economic stability. Control over scarce resources gives financial officials greater influence across policy ar...
556 views -
Russia and Ukraine are set to begin a new round of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi. This time, the agenda could draw European governments and NATO into direct negotiations with Moscow. For the first time since Istanbul in 2022, Washington has put Russia’s own post-war security explicitly on the table alongside guarantees for Ukraine. We explain the formats Washington is proposing for wider talks on European security. The US appears to want European governments and NATO to do much of the bargaining with Moscow while it keeps a watchful eye. European governments want a say in any settlement that affects their security. Many are wary, though, of being asked to negotiate directly with Moscow ove...
281 views
Questions about R.Politik
How many subscribers does R.Politik have?
R.Politik (@rpolitik) has 2,198 subscribers as of November 12, 2026.
Is R.Politik growing?
Not right now. It lost 25 subscribers in the last 30 days (-1.1%).
What is R.Politik about?
It is listed in Politics, and posts mostly in English. The channel describes itself as: “The latest political news and analysis from Russia from political expert Tatiana Stanovaya @stanovaya and her team. More at rpolitik.com. #russia #russian #politics #russianpolitics #kremlin Contact u...”
Where does R.Politik rank?
By subscribers it is #1,281 in Politics, #2,685 among international channels, #5,385 among English channels, #6,145 worldwide.
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