Economics

The curse of the printing press: How dictators and populists seize control...

Donald Trump has launched an assault on the Federal Reserve, heaping criticism on chairman Jerome…

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Sanctioned Russian security firm’s staff were aboard tanker detained by France, monitoring...

French soldiers aboard the Boracay. Photo: AFP Two employees of the Russian Moran Security Group…

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Russia is persecuting more than 4,000 people in politically motivated cases related...

At least 4,029 people living in Russia and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine have been persecuted…

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GRU operative Viktor Labin exposed by The Insider arrested in Belgium

A court in Belgium has ordered the arrest of Viktor Labin, an operative of Russia’s…

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U.S. tech company Ubiquiti is supplying Russia’s army with networking equipment by...

Despite sanctions and export bans, U.S. networking equipment maker Ubiquiti has effectively become a key…

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Denmark detains container ship from Iran’s “shadow fleet” that previously called at...

The Iranian-flagged container ship Nora was previously known as the Cerus and was registered in…

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Greenpeace study finds oil spill from “shadow fleet” tanker in Gulf of...

Environmental group Greenpeace has calculated that in the event of an oil spill in the…

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Combat drone piloting lessons begin in Russia’s Kursk Region as part of...

Classes aimed at introducing schoolchildren to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have started…

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Political prisoner Alexander Dotsenko dies in prison after suffering a massive heart...

Photo: Telegram channel of the support group for Anastasia Dyudyaeva and Alexander Dotsenko On Feb.…

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Russian Gen. Demurchiev detailed the torture and execution of Ukrainian POWs in...

Roman Demurchiev. Photo from the correspondence archives The investigative projects Schemes and Systema published an…

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Sanctioned Russian security firm’s staff were aboard tanker detained by France, monitoring captain and gathering intelligence

French soldiers aboard the Boracay. Photo: AFP Two employees of the Russian Moran Security Group …

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Russia is persecuting more than 4,000 people in politically motivated cases related to the war, Memorial reports

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GRU operative Viktor Labin exposed by The Insider arrested in Belgium

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U.S. tech company Ubiquiti is supplying Russia’s army with networking equipment by skirting sanctions, Hunterbrook investigation finds

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Denmark detains container ship from Iran’s “shadow fleet” that previously called at port in St. Petersburg

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Society

Regulated into scarcity: Why EU pharma rules backfired and how to fix Europe’s drug drought

In 2025, the European Union began developing bloc-wide mechanisms to coordinate the supply of medicines. …

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“We didn’t spill our blood to negotiate with them”: Iranian society in the aftermath of the protest shootings

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“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians as the Kremlin’s “human safari” in Kherson continues

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Olympic calm: Russian athletes’ return to the international stage is producing remarkably little controversy

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Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

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Politics

Missing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secure

Sarah Starkey, CC BY 3.0 When the New START Treaty between Russia and the U.S. …

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Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social control

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When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

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Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

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The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

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Opinion

Superpowerless: Putin’s dream of a new world order is running into reality

Photo: Getty Images After American forces removed Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela earlier this year, the …

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Au revoir, America: What European opposition to Trump actually means

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The devil’s due: Why Putin’s pursuit of a multipolar world risks ruin for Russia itself

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Posts change, but NABU endures: Why sweeping high-level personnel changes in Kyiv point to a stronger Ukrainian state

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Polar disorder: Why Trump wants to seize Greenland and what a U.S. annexation of the island would mean for NATO

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Economics

The curse of the printing press: How dictators and populists seize control of central banks, and why it always ends badly

Donald Trump has launched an assault on the Federal Reserve, heaping criticism on chairman Jerome …

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Divergent trends: Why a growing economy can still leave many people poorer

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Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible depletion of sovereign reserves

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Live for today: Trump’s politicization of economic policy poses a threat to longer-term stability

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A quiet revolution: The world’s turn toward green energy is irreversible

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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

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

Volodymyr Mykolaienko immediately after returning from captivity. Telegram channel of Kherson Oblast Military Administration Head …

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

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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

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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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Antifake

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

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

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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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