Maximilian Hess

Maximilian Hess is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Maximilian Hess is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Brics is an alliance in name only

BY Maximilian Hess / 3 mins

Falling rouble shows cracks in Russia’s war economy

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

Putin acknowledges Wagner’s threat — but has no solution

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

Will Putin borrow from the Erdogan playbook?

BY Maximilian Hess / 3 mins

Just how deep does Ukrainian corruption go?

BY Maximilian Hess / 3 mins

Vladimir Putin finally calls Russia’s ‘special military operation’ a war

BY Maximilian Hess / 3 mins

Putin on nuclear weapons: ‘this is not a bluff’

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

How Gorbachev tried to save the USSR

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

The Brittney Griner prison swap sets a dangerous precedent

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

How will Ukraine and Belarus’ first post-Soviet leaders be remembered?

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

Putin’s Victory Day speech falls flat

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins

Vladislav Surkov leaves the stage

BY Maximilian Hess / 7 mins

Elvira Nabiullina: the Kremlin official still beloved by the West

BY Maximilian Hess / 2 mins