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

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

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

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

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Economics

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

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

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

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

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Opinion

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

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

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Kremlin-backed Matryoshka bots and Prigozhin-linked site target Moldova’s Maia Sandu in major...

The Kremlin-backed Matryoshka bot network has launched a disinformation campaign on the social media platforms…

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Opinion

Fool’s Golden Dome: Why Trump’s space-based missile defense plan is both costly...

On May 20, Donald Trump announced his plan for creating the “Golden Dome” — a…

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Security Service of Ukraine releases drone footage from Operation Spiderweb, indicating four...

Screenshot of drone footage from Operation Spiderweb released by the SBU. Screenshot: Security Service of…

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Operation Spiderweb: Satellites confirm 15 destroyed Russian aircraft, drone footage shows up...

Source: Maxar The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has claimed that 41 Russian strategic aviation…

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Society

License to kill. How the bill authorizing the slaughter of stray animals...

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

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

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

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

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Musk threatens to retire Crew Dragon amid feud with Trump, then backtracks — analyst warns of risks to U.S. space program

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Kremlin-backed Matryoshka bots and Prigozhin-linked site target Moldova’s Maia Sandu in major disinfo smear campaign

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Security Service of Ukraine releases drone footage from Operation Spiderweb, indicating four Russian air bases were struck — not two

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Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Politics

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

Donald Trump recently offered crypto investors an unpalatable but exclusive lunch — on average, the …

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

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

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Gas and Gaza: How Qatar became a powerful global player

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Institutional health check: Trump’s pressure campaign tests America’s democratic immune system

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Opinion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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Mine over matter: Russia’s coal industry is collapsing — and no one is ready for it

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Antifake

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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