The Russian efforts to control the information environment in Russia are now reaching extreme levels. They are stopping people in the street, demanding access to their phones and reading their messages to see if they are acceptable to the state. Truly Orwellian.…Read More

Increasingly seeing signs from expert commentators that the Russia collapse may actually happen as suggested by less informed individuals. There’s still a lot of people urging caution, but maybe now we can start being hopeful?