“Vladimir Putin has led Russia into a dead-end and nobody has a map for what comes next,” writes a former senior Russian government official. Register for free to read the full guest essay https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/05/06/vladimir-putin-is-losing-his-grip-on-russia?taid=69fc70bb51e09a0001d08687&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante