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Russia has bet on a protracted war: ISW explained what lies behind Medvedev's statements
Russia has bet on a protracted war against Ukraine. Against this backdrop, the Russian authorities are making efforts to intensify the militarization of Russian society, demanding greater sacrifices from Russians and terrorizing them with existential threats to Russia.
One of the Kremlin's mouthpieces here has become the head of Putin's party United Russia and deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, Dmytro Medvedev. Recently he gave a new "programmatic" interview, the theses of which and their connection to the state policy pursued by Moscow were analyzed by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).