Editor’s Note: Russia is spending more on government media in 2026 than in any year since the full-scale war in Ukraine began. The 2026 draft federal budget allocates the equivalent of $1.78 billion—about 28 percent above the 2021 baseline, according to UACRISIS and United24 Media analyses—even as U.S. and European authorities have built out a
Alan N. Sutin is Chair of the firm's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice and Senior Chair of the Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. An