Commentary

Making Sense of Prigozhin Midsummer March

They almost reached Moscow, but did not storm the city. Almost no one knows what was behind their action. It could be a coordinated attempt to reveal potential domestic traitors, deceive Ukrainians, and test the Western reaction. By Pekka Virkki , a Helsinki-based journalist and author specializing in the Baltic Sea region and security. It

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Yeltsin's tank speech in 1991. (a video capture)

Prigozhin’s Rubicon Moment?

Commentary, Crises, Politics

Yevgeny Prigozhin is no Ceasar, nor Yeltsin – and Vladimir Putin is not Pompeius the Great. History never repeats itself, but Yeltsin and Caesar did manifest themselves as saviours of the republic and defenders of the citizen. But in the end, they both crushed democracy, regardless of their original intentions. By Jaakko Puuperä, Editor-in-Chief of

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