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States remain essential pillars of the international system, even if they are not the only players. Governance is a local, national and international issue.

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December 2024

Commanders of Putin's Long War: Purged, Reshuffled and Disgruntled

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Vladimir Putin with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Army General Oleg Salyukov, Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2019
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Vladimir Putin with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Army General Oleg Salyukov, Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2019
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The trend of reshuffling the Russian top military command in the course of a fast-evolving and far from successful war has progressed unevenly both across the Armed Forces’ structures and in time. The rationale for and timing of the abrupt cadre decisions made by Commander-in-Chief Putin often defy logical explanation, and the rare official clarifications are no more informative than the usual information blackout. 

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