Political scientist Jan Matti Dollbaum is a prominent scholar of contemporary Russian politics whose research focuses on activism and opposition movements in Russia. An assistant professor at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, Dollbaum is also the co-author of “Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis, Russia’s Future?”

The Moscow Times spoke with Dollbaum

Ukraine appears to have resumed its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, which has been partially controlled by Kyiv since it launched an incursion there last August.

It was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in the region, but pro-Kremlin military bloggers reported earlier that a powerful new offensive was underway.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the United States believed Russia was expanding space cooperation with North Korea in exchange for its contribution of troops to fight Ukraine.

"The DPRK is already receiving Russian military equipment and training. Now we have reason to believe that Moscow intends to share advanced space and