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EU importing sanctioned Russian birch wood via Chinese subsidiary of European toy...

Birch wood from Russia is being supplied to the European Union in circumvention of sanctions,…

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Politics

Appeal from the grave: Proposed amendments to Israel’s death penalty law have...

Even before approving a law that would introduce the death penalty for terrorists, Israeli lawmakers…

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Society

Unequal footing: Israel is trying to get ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in...

On Nov. 19, Israel’s Supreme Court gave the government 45 days to develop effective measures…

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Former Pornhub owner reportedly interested in buying the overseas assets of sanctioned...

Austrian businessman Bernd Bergmair, who held a controlling stake in Pornhub’s parent company before selling…

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Kremlin-funded film director and propagandist Nikita Mikhalkov revealed as owner of luxury...

Nikita Mikhalkov and Vladimir Putin. Photo: TASS The team of the late Russian opposition leader…

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Russian physicist Artem Khoroshilov sentenced to 21 years in prison for “state...

Artem Khoroshilov in court, Dec. 4, 2025 Russian physicist Artem Khoroshilov, 34, has been sentenced…

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Dual Russian-Belgian citizen jailed on treason charge over money sent to ex-girlfriend...

Mikhail Loshchinin with his mother. Photo: Sever.Realii A 48-year-old Russian man who also holds Belgian…

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UN General Assembly adopts resolution on returning deported Ukrainian children, expert says...

Photo: AFP The UN General Assembly on Dec. 3 adopted a resolution demanding that Russia…

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Economics

Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education...

A new tax reform approved by the Russian parliament in mid-November is intended to squeeze…

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UK imposes sanctions on Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency and hackers identified...

The UK government announced an expansion of its sanctions list on Dec. 4, adding Russia’s…

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EU importing sanctioned Russian birch wood via Chinese subsidiary of European toy manufacturer

Birch wood from Russia is being supplied to the European Union in circumvention of sanctions, …

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Former Pornhub owner reportedly interested in buying the overseas assets of sanctioned Russian oil major Lukoil

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Kremlin-funded film director and propagandist Nikita Mikhalkov revealed as owner of luxury property in Spain

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Russian physicist Artem Khoroshilov sentenced to 21 years in prison for “state treason”

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Dual Russian-Belgian citizen jailed on treason charge over money sent to ex-girlfriend in Ukraine

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Society

Unequal footing: Israel is trying to get ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the army, just like everyone else

On Nov. 19, Israel’s Supreme Court gave the government 45 days to develop effective measures …

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The cost of cuts: Western reductions in foreign aid are creating a worldwide crisis in healthcare

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Luxury rubble: Real estate prices in Russian-occupied Donbas skyrocket despite widespread destruction, shelling, and water shortages

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Virusocracy: How anti-vax became a political platform

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Xi and I are gonna live forever: Why Vladimir Putin’s quest to survive for 150 years is dead on arrival

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Politics

Appeal from the grave: Proposed amendments to Israel’s death penalty law have sparked a wave of criticism

Even before approving a law that would introduce the death penalty for terrorists, Israeli lawmakers …

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The ХХХ-Files: Why the Epstein scandal just might stick to Teflon Trump

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Violent ends: America’s right-wing radicals remain deadlier than their opponents on the left

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Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev

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Bees against honey: why many immigrants oppose new waves of migration

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Opinion

The Ayatollah walks into a bazaar: Iran is shopping around to upgrade its armed forces, and China is the lead supplier

After the Twelve-Day War this past summer — when Israel struck hundreds of targets in …

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A few degrees bolder: Why Russia’s new attempt to push Ukraine into a “peace deal” on its terms has failed

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Ready or not: Despite active rearmament, Europe remains too vulnerable to Russia

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“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence

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Schengen echo chamber: The EU’s new visa restrictions will hit vulnerable Russians without actually enhancing the bloc’s security

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Economics

Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine

A new tax reform approved by the Russian parliament in mid-November is intended to squeeze …

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“Midas” vs. Mindich: How Ukraine’s NABU executed the biggest anti-corruption operation in its history — and why the EU is getting involved

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Frozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisis

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The wheels are coming off: Russia’s rail freight collapse exposes a deeper industrial crisis

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The far-wrong: European populists are gaining support by moderating their economic agenda

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Corruption

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

Russia is experiencing strong growth in the data processing and storage center market, thanks largely …

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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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Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

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Confession

“This isn’t the Middle Ages, and we aren’t serfs”: Locals in Ukrainian-controlled parts of the Donbas react to Putin’s territorial demands

Kostiantynivka. Photo: Donetsk Regional Military Administration U.S. officials say Vladimir Putin has proposed abandoning Russian …

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“Thou shalt not idolize your motherland”: Russian Orthodox priests on the war in Ukraine and the degradation of their church

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Tracked down, coerced, threatened: How Russia hunts down deserters and forces them back to the front lines in Ukraine

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The Kremlin’s missionary: A former aide shares the secrets of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary

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“We tried to leave as few buildings intact as possible”: Russian-speaking IDF soldiers on their service in Gaza

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Antifake

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

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) recently released a statement about its latest outstanding “success”: “The …

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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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Kremlin narrative claims Volodymyr Zelensky bought massive ranch in Wyoming that made him one of the “top 10 U.S. landowners”

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From Budapest with lies: Viktor Orbán’s latest false claim on Ukraine

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Putin’s propagandists run false claim that Zelensky offered to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for Tomahawk missiles

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