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France seizes Russian “shadow fleet” tanker Deliver off the coast of Sicily

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Russia’s Lenin Library to get classified repository for “destructive literature,” deputy culture...

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The outsider’s dilemma: Israel can neither accept Trump’s Iran policy nor refuse...

After the United States and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 18 to…

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Russian courts hand down record number of treason and espionage verdicts, rights...

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Roads of death: Ukrainian strikes on transport corridors are disrupting Russia’s military...

The most important recent development in Russia’s war against Ukraine is taking place not along…

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The case against Putin-linked crime boss Ilya Traber was built on testimony...

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At least 23.5% of Russians placed on “terrorists and extremists” list are...

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Pyongyang blames Moscow for delay in opening Tumen River road bridge

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Son of Satan, grandson of Scarp: Russia’s successful Sarmat tests are not...

In May, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested its new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile,…

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Oil prices continue to fall after Strait of Hormuz opens, but gasoline...

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France seizes Russian “shadow fleet” tanker Deliver off the coast of Sicily

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Russia’s Lenin Library to get classified repository for “destructive literature,” deputy culture minister says

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Russian courts hand down record number of treason and espionage verdicts, rights group reports

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The case against Putin-linked crime boss Ilya Traber was built on testimony from a freed Russian POW

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At least 23.5% of Russians placed on “terrorists and extremists” list are being prosecuted in politically motivated cases

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Society

Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

In May 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking to designate the “Alliance …

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Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

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Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

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“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

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Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia’s “values visa” trap

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Politics

Roads of death: Ukrainian strikes on transport corridors are disrupting Russia’s military logistics

The most important recent development in Russia’s war against Ukraine is taking place not along …

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“Media training was part of the program”: The Gaza aid flotilla has sparked controversy, just as it was intended to

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Robots in arms: Ukraine’s frontline is becoming a test range for ground drones

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Europe’s black holes: The EU is moving to legalize offshore camps and strip migrants of their rights

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The loyalty test: Trump’s purge of moderate Republicans is an electoral gift to the Democrats

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Opinion

The outsider’s dilemma: Israel can neither accept Trump’s Iran policy nor refuse to go along

After the United States and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 18 to …

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Son of Satan, grandson of Scarp: Russia’s successful Sarmat tests are not a strategic breakthrough but a return to the Cold War arms race

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Same players, different deal: Zelensky now has the upper hand as Kyiv and Moscow resume the negotiation game

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Hormuz windfall: High oil prices mean Iran has more to gain from prolonging the war than from accepting an unfavorable settlement

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The tail wags the dictator: How the Kremlin uses Lukashenko in talks with the West

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Economics

Trillion dollar rocket man: Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX could come crashing back down to earth after its record-setting IPO

SpaceX has gone public on the Nasdaq, making history by surpassing the record set by Saudi …

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“Anti-colonial” energy sources: Latin America has become one of the drivers of the green transition

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Genie and his master: How Russian authorities manipulate statistics to conceal record-high inequality

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The tale of Yermak: how Zelensky’s former right-hand man ended up under arrest on corruption charges

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Taxes, costly credit, and labor shortages: Why private businesses in Russia are shutting down en masse

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Corruption

Cashing in on the crown: How Trump turned the presidency into a personal money machine

Donald Trump is the only billionaire ever to occupy the Oval Office, and since returning …

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Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

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The regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

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Hawks on boats: Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev buys new UK-built yacht and profits from livestock and “patriotic” video games

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Confession

“We were told we were developing antidotes”: The inner workings of the St. Petersburg lab where Novichok was tested

As The Insider discovered, Russia has been testing chemical warfare agents under the cover of a …

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“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán”: Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all

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“In Russia, you will atone for your guilt before Putin”: Stories of three Russians deported from the United States

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“Programs about Christ followed by beatings half to death”: Kherson’s ex-mayor Volodymyr Mykolaienko on his years in Russian captivity

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“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in the Kremlin-controlled “People’s Republics”

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Antifake

Russian MFA spokeswoman accuses Latvia of Nazism due to fake ban on speaking Russian in schools

Доступно на русском On April 24, Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported a statement made …

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Not what she said: Russian spokeswoman’s claim of EU “energy self-castration” turns out not to be accurate

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Ukrainian drones mysteriously “attack” Putin’s residence: The chronology of yet another Kremlin lie

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FSB tries to spin new fake claiming it foiled British-Ukrainian “intelligence plot” to hijack MiG-31 jet armed with Kinzhal missile

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Russia claims NATO is preparing “major sabotage” at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, but the scenario described is technically impossible

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