Prospects 2021
CIS
![President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers his annual address to parliament (Chine Nouvelle/SIPA/Shutterstock) President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers his annual address to parliament (Chine Nouvelle/SIPA/Shutterstock)](https://g.oxan.com/analysis/DB257475/2020-11-11-4-UKRAINE_350.jpg)
Ukraine
As reality sets in, the president faces the same intractable problems and unattractive options as his predecessors
![A man in central Moscow wearing a facemask, now made mandatory again (Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A man in central Moscow wearing a facemask, now made mandatory again (Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)](https://g.oxan.com/analysis/DB257658/2020-11-19-4-RUSSIA_350.jpg)
Russian economy
After surviving the health and oil price crises relatively well, Russia will recover but revert to a modest growth path
Russian politics
The Kremlin's year will be framed by the US presidential inauguration in January and a domestic election in September