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Our world: The week of Sept. 28, 2026 (opens the original)
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Our World is a roundup from our weekly print edition of noteworthy happenings, from our global correspondents. Drones 101: A new opportunity for Russian firmsAmid wartime headwinds and changing educational priorities, a Russian company recently paused its plans to make laptop computers and will produce drone-piloting simulators for schools instead. According to the independent Russian news outlet Meduza, LIGA Group, an electronics firm in Yekaterinburg, read the economic tea leaves and decided d
As US pitches peace talks, Russia trusts in its military strategy (opens the original)
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The White House may be pushing for talks between Russia and Ukraine, but the Kremlin remains committed to “my way or the highway” negotiation tactics. After a long hiatus, the idea of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States, appears to be back on the agenda. But that’s not a sign the Kremlin is concerned that its war in Ukraine is going badly. They appear to feel just the opposite, in fact. Russian analysts insist that the war is increasingly tilting in Russia’s fav
As Russia votes, the Kremlin offers the public few options – or incentives (opens the original)
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Upcoming elections appear set to be more stage-managed than usual. But they still provide insight into public and Kremlin attitudes. Russians have voted nine times for their Duma, or lower house of parliament, since it was formed in 1993, as the Russian Federation emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. But these days, it’s hard to find much public enthusiasm for the exercise. Democracy in Russia has always been “managed.” Russian elections have never looked like congressional or parli
One nation reaches for Europe. The other, for Russia. Both use the same tactics. (opens the original)
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Sept. 15, 2026, 5:55 p.m. ET | Yerevan, Armenia Armenia and Georgia, two key Caucasus nations, are in political turmoil, and the situations look quite similar on the surface. Both former Soviet states are moving to diversify their international relationships in response to fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Each is facing domestic pushback, spurring them to wage “lawfare” campaigns against a strong political opposition and try to compel their respective national churches to toe the government
Signs mount that Russians are losing patience with Kremlin’s war with Ukraine (opens the original)
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When Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the controversial decision to bar the liberal Yabloko party from running any candidates in next month’s elections for the state Duma, it focused on alleged infractions of electoral legislation. But it doesn’t seem coincidental that the removal of Yabloko – which has participated in every federal election since 1993 – will eliminate the only voice that explicitly opposes the war in Ukraine. That means Russian voters won’t be able to express anti-war se
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