2023: Stabilisation After the Shake-Up
... of whether Russia survives the turning point—will it keep the economy from collapsing against the backdrop of unprecedented sanctions, will it conduct large-scale military operations that are incapable of gaining the support of both the elites and society at large? Last year ended with unanswered answers to these questions; 2023 added certainty. The turning point is behind ... ... crisis mode to the new normal. What are the parameters of this normality? The first parameter is relations between Russia and the West. In 2022, they shifted towards acute confrontation. Its features were large-scale military and financial assistance to Ukraine,...