Up to date about the main thing!
  • Home
  • News
  • Economics
  • Antifake
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Corruption
  • Politics
  • Confession
Economics

Feast and famine: Russian banks book record profits amid coal mining collapse...

June 9, 2025

Profits and losses across Russian industries vary widely by sector, according to the early data…

Read more
News

Сyberattack, oath to Azov Brigade, record sentence for sabotage: 73 convictions in...

June 9, 2025

Ruslan Sidiki, sentenced to 29 years in prison. Photo by Mediazona According to The Insider's…

Read more
News

Survey shows nearly half of Russian patients with rare diseases interrupted treatment...

June 9, 2025

Photo: gazeta.ru Nearly 46.5% of Russian patients with rare diseases were forced to interrupt treatment…

Read more
News

Russian bomber attacked by Ukraine in Operation Spiderweb relocated to Chukotka —...

June 8, 2025

A screenshot of satellite imagery shared by AviVector indicates that one of Russia's Tu-160 long-range…

Read more
Politics

Our name is not Legion: Why so few foreign volunteers are fighting...

June 8, 2025

The emblem of the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine displayed on the jacket…

Read more
News

Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russia loses up to 20 strategic bombers and...

June 7, 2025

In this week’s summary: In Russia's Kursk Region, Ukrainian forces are attempting to encircle Russian…

Read more
News

Russia unleashes large-scale air attack on Ukraine days after Operation Spiderweb, killing...

June 7, 2025

Firefighters battle flames following a Russian airstrike on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil on…

Read more
Economics

TV vs. Refrigerator: Officials claim inflation in Russia is under control, but...

June 6, 2025

Despite official claims that inflation in Russia is under control, prices for many everyday essentials…

Read more
News

Musk threatens to retire Crew Dragon amid feud with Trump, then backtracks...

June 6, 2025

Elon Musk announced yesterday he would retire SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft amidst an ongoing public…

Read more
Opinion

A familiar profile: Putin revives Stalin-era repressive tactics to target critics, “enemies...

June 6, 2025

At the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum that wrapped up in mid-May, Russia’s Ministry of…

Read more

News

Сyberattack, oath to Azov Brigade, record sentence for sabotage: 73 convictions in Russian anti-war and political cases in May

June 9, 2025

Ruslan Sidiki, sentenced to 29 years in prison. Photo by Mediazona According to The Insider's …

by admin June 9, 2025

Survey shows nearly half of Russian patients with rare diseases interrupted treatment in 2024 due to drug shortages

June 9, 2025
by admin June 9, 2025

Russian bomber attacked by Ukraine in Operation Spiderweb relocated to Chukotka — which borders Alaska

June 8, 2025
by admin June 8, 2025

Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russia loses up to 20 strategic bombers and “retaliates” with air assault on Ukraine, battles in Tetkino

June 7, 2025
by admin June 7, 2025

Russia unleashes large-scale air attack on Ukraine days after Operation Spiderweb, killing three first responders and injuring dozens

June 7, 2025
by admin June 7, 2025

Society

License to kill. How the bill authorizing the slaughter of stray animals galvanized Russia’s animal rights movement

June 4, 2025

This spring, dozens of Russian cities saw animal rights activists rally against the so-called “Ostanina …

by admin June 4, 2025

Take from thy neighbor: Despite war and sanctions, Russia is continuing to reclaim church property abroad

June 4, 2025
by admin June 4, 2025

Poor president, prosperous nation: The revolutionary transformation of “Latin America’s Switzerland”

May 28, 2025
by admin May 28, 2025

White House patient: Why psychiatrists are alarmed by Donald Trump’s mental decline

May 23, 2025
by admin May 23, 2025

The road from Damascus: Syria’s minorities are fleeing as sectarian clashes loom

May 21, 2025
by admin May 21, 2025

Politics

Our name is not Legion: Why so few foreign volunteers are fighting for Ukraine

June 8, 2025

The emblem of the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine displayed on the jacket …

by admin June 8, 2025

The White House cash cow: How Trump monetizes his presidency through crypto, family ventures, and foreign ties

June 3, 2025
by admin June 3, 2025

Kooks, antisemites, and scammers: Fringe figures are driving the narrative around Poland’s presidential runoff

June 1, 2025
by admin June 1, 2025

Milei’s shock therapy: How Argentines are enduring the spending cuts

May 29, 2025
by admin May 29, 2025

Gas and Gaza: How Qatar became a powerful global player

May 29, 2025
by admin May 29, 2025

Opinion

A familiar profile: Putin revives Stalin-era repressive tactics to target critics, “enemies of the people” — and those who stay “silent”

June 6, 2025

At the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum that wrapped up in mid-May, Russia’s Ministry of …

by admin June 6, 2025

Fool’s Golden Dome: Why Trump’s space-based missile defense plan is both costly and ineffective for the U.S.

June 5, 2025
by admin June 5, 2025

A dish best served cold: Vladimir Milov on why the slow pace of sanctions should not be considered a failure

June 2, 2025
by admin June 2, 2025

Ties that bind: How Trump’s second term is reshaping (but not breaking) the transatlantic relationship

May 24, 2025
by admin May 24, 2025

Stage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for Ukraine

May 16, 2025
by admin May 16, 2025

Economics

Feast and famine: Russian banks book record profits amid coal mining collapse and wage arrears in construction sector

June 9, 2025

Profits and losses across Russian industries vary widely by sector, according to the early data …

by admin June 9, 2025

TV vs. Refrigerator: Officials claim inflation in Russia is under control, but staple food prices tell a different story

June 6, 2025
by admin June 6, 2025

Safe haven to sinking ship: Mortgage subsidy cuts spark housing market slump in Russia

May 22, 2025
by admin May 22, 2025

All work and low pay: Inside Russia's labor-starved military economy

May 15, 2025
by admin May 15, 2025

The golden billionaires: Inside Russia's fierce economic competition for limited wartime resources

May 2, 2025
by admin May 2, 2025

Corruption

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

January 9, 2025

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

by admin January 9, 2025

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

December 22, 2024
by admin December 22, 2024

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

December 7, 2024
by admin December 7, 2024

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

November 29, 2024
by admin November 29, 2024

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

November 25, 2024
by admin November 25, 2024

Confession

“Photos of Putin and Kadyrov were in the dean’s office, like icons”: Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories

March 5, 2025

Ever since Russia unleashed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, universities across the country have dramatically …

by admin March 5, 2025

“We ditched our uniforms and hid in a swamp”: Chechen POWs from “Akhmat” share their accounts from Kursk

February 27, 2025
by admin February 27, 2025

“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

December 31, 2024
by admin December 31, 2024

“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

December 7, 2024
by admin December 7, 2024

Confessions of an oil trader: What it's like to do business with Putin's friends

November 2, 2024
by admin November 2, 2024

Antifake

Kremlin spokesman claims the USSR could have defeated Hitler without allied help — but Zhukov, Khrushchev, and even Stalin disagreed

May 7, 2025

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, speaking at the so-called federal educational marathon “Knowledge. Firsts,” recently commented …

by admin May 7, 2025

Orbán aide falsely claims Ukraine’s EU entry will cost €2.5 trillion — 12 times the bloc’s annual budget

April 17, 2025
by admin April 17, 2025

Russia’s MoD falsely claims Palm Sunday strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian military command meeting

April 15, 2025
by admin April 15, 2025

Russia’s Channel One parrots false Daily Mail story of a UK city being “overrun with rats the size of cats” amid garbage collector strike

April 10, 2025
by admin April 10, 2025

“Why would they want to absorb Ukraine?”: Five examples of Kremlin disinformation spread by Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

March 27, 2025
by admin March 27, 2025

Latest Posts

  • News

    Russian academic fakes his way to Nobel-level citation index, creates global plagiarism market for scientific papers

    by admin April 20, 2025
    April 20, 2025

    Dmitry Bokov. Photo: Sechenov University An associate professor at Moscow’s Sechenov University has embedded himself …

    Read more
  • News

    Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Battles near Kursk border, “motocross season” near Pokrovsk, drone strikes directed from Moscow high-rise

    by admin April 20, 2025
    April 20, 2025

    In this week’s summary: In Russia’s western Kursk Region, only two settlements — border towns …

    Read more
  • Opinion

    Overpromise, underdeliver: Trump must find a scapegoat for failed peace talks

    by admin April 19, 2025
    April 19, 2025

    Speaking in Paris on April 18 after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders, U.S. Secretary …

    Read more
  • Economics

    Inflation, devaluation, reduced incomes: Russia’s economy in an era of falling oil prices

    by admin April 19, 2025
    April 19, 2025

    Russia’s oil and gas revenues have already fallen by 10% — and that may be …

    Read more
  • News

    Putin tells family of hostages to thank Hamas for “humanitarian act” of release, says father’s murder “shouldn’t be discussed now”

    by admin April 19, 2025
    April 19, 2025

    In this pool photo released by Russia’s state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin is seen shaking …

    Read more
  • News

    Moscow court finds The Insider’s Anastasia Mikhaylova guilty of involvement with an “undesirable” organization

    by admin April 18, 2025
    April 18, 2025

    The Insider’s investigative journalist Anastasia Mikhaylova has been found guilty of an administrative offense in …

    Read more
  • Politics

    The age of Teflon leaders: How Trump and other right-wingers are getting away with it

    by admin April 18, 2025
    April 18, 2025

    Donald Trump is the only U.S. president in history whose approval rating had dipped below …

    Read more
  • Society

    Eyes open, minds shut: How the Israeli army missed the October 7 attack

    by admin April 18, 2025
    April 18, 2025

    In late February, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began releasing reports from internal investigations into …

    Read more
  • 1
  • …
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • …
  • 108

Popular Posts

  • 1

    “We didn't ask to be saved”: Life in Donetsk after February 24

    November 1, 2024
  • 2

    «I masked the PRESS caption on my helmet to use it in combat» Journalist Yuriy Matsarsky on waging war in Ukraine

    November 1, 2024
  • 3

    2 billion scam: Mafia oligarchs and a simple lawyer from Mytishchy become new owners of Russian Railways’ electric trains

    November 4, 2024
  • 4

    Weekly Ukraine war summary: Urban fighting in Vuhledar, Russian forces rush to the Oskil River, AFU recaptures aggregate plant in Vovchansk

    November 1, 2024
  • 5

    Maneuver vs attrition. Why the AFU has been so successful in Russia’s Kursk Region

    November 1, 2024

Categories

  • Antifake (48)
  • Confession (36)
  • Corruption (43)
  • Economics (68)
  • News (390)
  • Opinion (88)
  • Politics (113)
  • Society (75)
Up to date about the main thing!
  • Home
  • News
  • Economics
  • Antifake
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Corruption
  • Politics
  • Confession

About

Up to date about the main thing!
Current world events daily on the pages of our blog. Also the latest news from politics, culture, society, economics and other industries.

Vk Whatsapp Telegram Ok

Editor’s Choice

  • “Not even Chamberlain went that low in 1938”: European politicians react to Trump’s comments on talks with Putin

  • “The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

User selection

  • Soldiers over schools: Pensions, teachers, and the environment take the hit as war spending soars in Russia’s new state budget

  • Russia using “Young Army” to indoctrinate and prepare children in Ukraine’s occupied territories for war — against their own country

  • Vk
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Ok