Russia's invasion of Ukraine presents a major challenge for Russian studies. It has demonstrated the imperative to search for better ways to understand Russia. At the same time, the war has spotlighted Russian imperial ambitions and colonial attitudes toward countries around it and ethnic minorities within it, raising uncomfortable questions about whether our own views of these countries and peoples reflect this Russian gaze.Understanding Russia is more important than ever and diverse perspectives are needed. With a stronger focus on informal institutions and marginalised voices, Developments in Russian Politics 10 brings together a diverse author team to offer fresh viewpoints on a rapidly evolving subject. Breaking with the tradition of organizing the study of Russian Politics around formal institutions and instead emphasising the societal factors and informal structures and processes that underpin support for Russia's political regime, this new edition offers:-Topical and theoretically informed coverage of major issues from top scholars-Analysis of how Russia's past influences its contemporary politics in counterintuitive ways-Dedicated chapters on Russia's war on Ukraine, Russian foreign policy, and Chechnya -Chapters on all of the key topics covered by typical courses on Russian politics, including parties and elections, executive leadership, national identity, gender, the formal and informal economies, inequality, federalism, and protest movements and civil society. The politics of any country, especially Russia at this moment in time, are volatile. Developments in Russian Politics 10 provides readers with a conceptual toolkit for understanding the dynamism of Russian politics, whatever the future may bring.