When Russia’s government machine cannot deliver, Vladimir Putin is increasingly reliant on a tried and trusted fixer to do the job.

The Russian regime rewards managers and engineers who keep the regime afloat, and expects a Faustian payment in return.

Four months after the war started, Russia has admitted it lacks IT specialists. But its proposed solution might only benefit the country’s neighbors.

The Kremlin has done everything possible to seal off Russian citizens from independent news media, and it’s failing.

Faced with the brutal economic consequences of its war of choice, the Kremlin is falling back on old-style communist-era policies.

Putin’s war — and the unprecedented tidal wave of global sanctions it has provoked — is having a particular impact on those young, technologically oriented Russians who represent the future of the country’s economy.

Russia has worked hard to achieve autarky in many areas, but it has not yet succeeded in tech. US retaliatory measures would bite.

Hopes of a real breakthrough are a dangerous illusion and the US should stop sharing intelligence with its hackers.