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On thinning ice: After almost four years of war, Russia’s central bankers...

January 7, 2026

Photo: Alexander Ryumin / TASS The Russian economy moved into an unmistakable period of decline…

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From hentai to transgender content: How Russians’ Pornhub preferences have changed over...

January 7, 2026

The world’s most popular porn site, Pornhub, publishes annual statistics on user preferences, including country-by-country…

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Confession

“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in...

January 5, 2026

Even before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, security forces in the “DNR”…

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News

Germany offers to take in freed Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kalesnikava and...

January 4, 2026

Former political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava makes a heart sign on board a bus to Ukraine,…

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Politics

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper...

January 4, 2026

Even before the current wave of protests began sweeping over Iran, the authorities in Tehran…

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Russian laws coming into effect in 2026: detention centers for security services,...

January 3, 2026

With the start of the new year, a sweeping package of legislative changes is coming…

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Russia sets record for espionage and treason convictions in 2025, rights groups...

January 3, 2026

Since the start of 2025, 468 people have been convicted in Russia on charges of…

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Russians set to lose access to imported medicines by 2030 as the...

January 2, 2026

By Maria Blokhina Over the next four years, Russians are set to lose access to…

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Politics

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since...

January 2, 2026

In 2019, protesters in Chile demanded that the country adopt a new constitution to replace…

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Antifake

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

January 2, 2026

On Dec. 29, at 4:28 p.m. Moscow time, an “audio statement” from Sergey Lavrov was…

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News

From hentai to transgender content: How Russians’ Pornhub preferences have changed over the past five years

January 7, 2026

The world’s most popular porn site, Pornhub, publishes annual statistics on user preferences, including country-by-country …

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Germany offers to take in freed Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka

January 4, 2026
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Russian laws coming into effect in 2026: detention centers for security services, 30-percent income tax for “foreign agents”

January 3, 2026
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Russia sets record for espionage and treason convictions in 2025, rights groups say

January 3, 2026
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Russians set to lose access to imported medicines by 2030 as the country pivots to a new national healthcare development strategy

January 2, 2026
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Society

Make childbirth great again: China’s demographic crater forces U-turn from limits to pleas — but nobody’s listening

December 29, 2025

In December, Chinese authorities announced a 13% tax on contraceptives, including condoms. At the same …

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Asylum not found: Why Russians are being deported from the United States

December 28, 2025
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Generating pushback: Eastern European countries are turning away political asylum seekers from Russia and Belarus

December 24, 2025
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Wildfires, floods, and drinking water shortages: U.S. boycott disrupts global plans to combat climate change

December 12, 2025
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Unequal footing: Israel is trying to get ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the army, just like everyone else

December 8, 2025
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Politics

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy mania

January 4, 2026

Even before the current wave of protests began sweeping over Iran, the authorities in Tehran …

by admin January 4, 2026

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power

January 2, 2026
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Banking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidents

December 28, 2025
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Peace talk show: Why key elements of the Ukraine “peace plans” remain unworkable

December 24, 2025
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Backing the junta against jihadists: Trump’s Nigerian war plans

December 22, 2025
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Opinion

Into the shadows: Sanctions have reduced Russia from an oil superpower to a global energy disrupter

December 25, 2025

After four years of strict financial and technological sanctions, Russia’s share in global oil production …

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Not worth the paper it’s written on: Why any “land for peace” deal in Ukraine would be legally void

December 18, 2025
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The Santa clause: America’s unrealistic new national security strategy offers Europeans an unexpected opportunity

December 13, 2025
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A nation adrift: A year into al-Sharaa’s rule, Syria remains undecided on its political system and foreign policy

December 12, 2025
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A House of Kremlin Dynamite: How the image of Russians in Western cinema has changed since 2022

December 9, 2025
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Economics

On thinning ice: After almost four years of war, Russia’s central bankers are running out of tricks to keep the economy afloat

January 7, 2026

Photo: Alexander Ryumin / TASS The Russian economy moved into an unmistakable period of decline …

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Dressed for disaster. Russian fashion retail collapses despite losing Western competition

December 25, 2025
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Paying up: The Kremlin is sacrificing regional development, business, healthcare, and education to fund the war in Ukraine

December 5, 2025
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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

November 29, 2025
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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

November 17, 2025
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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 …

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

December 22, 2024
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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

December 7, 2024
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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

November 29, 2024
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Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

November 25, 2024
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Confession

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

January 5, 2026

Even before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, security forces in the “DNR” …

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“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfill their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers

December 18, 2025
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“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

November 12, 2025
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“Thou shalt not idolize your motherland”: Russian Orthodox priests on the war in Ukraine and the degradation of their church

November 11, 2025
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Tracked down, coerced, threatened: How Russia hunts down deserters and forces them back to the front lines in Ukraine

November 10, 2025
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Antifake

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

January 2, 2026

On Dec. 29, at 4:28 p.m. Moscow time, an “audio statement” from Sergey Lavrov was …

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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

November 14, 2025
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Russia claims NATO is preparing “major sabotage” at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, but the scenario described is technically impossible

November 11, 2025
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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”

November 3, 2025
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From Budapest with lies: Viktor Orbán’s latest false claim on Ukraine

October 27, 2025
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    Beijing in the driver’s seat: What’s the danger of Chinese cars flooding the Russian market?

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