The Yermak-McFaul expert group has suggested four specific measures that could collectively reduce Russia's oil and gas revenues by $50 billion, thereby undermining its ability to sustain the war in Ukraine. In 2023, Russia's exports amounted to $425 billion, of which $260 billion came from oil and gas shipments.

The politicised version of history has become the core of the new ideology of the current Russian regime and serves as a disciplining framework for loyalty since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The initial attempts to introduce an official ideology based on Orthodoxy and traditional values took place in the mid-2010s but did not imply its compulsory nature or the forced exclusion of groups with different values.

The politicized version of history finally became the core of the new ideology of the current Russian regime and the disciplinary framework of loyalty to it after the outbreak of the war with Ukraine. The first attempts to introduce an official ideology based on Orthodoxy and traditional values ​​occurred in the mid-2010s and did not imply its obligatory nature and the forced exclusion of groups with different value systems.

2024 will be the most difficult period of the war for Ukraine, with the exception of the first weeks of the Russian invasion. Against the backdrop of reduced Western assistance, a significant resource advantage for Russia will allow it to exhaust the Ukrainian army, gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, and end the war on its own terms.

2024 will be the most difficult period of the war for Ukraine, not counting the first weeks of the Russian invasion. Against the backdrop of dwindling Western aid, a significant advantage in resources on Russia's side will allow it to deplete the Ukrainian army, achieve a decisive advantage on the battlefield and end the war on its own terms.

The Ermak-McFaul expert group proposed four measures that could collectively reduce Russia's oil and gas revenues by $50 billion, thereby undermining its ability to wage war in Ukraine. In 2023, Russian exports amounted to $425 billion, of which $260 billion came from oil and gas supplies.