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Russia’s economy in 2026: A rising deficit, regional depression, and the possible...

February 13, 2026

Russia’s economy entered 2026 weaker than it was a year before, with growth declining and…

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Putin's “domestic” Aurus car project frozen due to lack of funds in...

February 13, 2026

Vladimir Putin (behind the wheel) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an Aurus car,…

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Politics

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

February 13, 2026

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

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Russia uses new website blocking method as YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp Web, and...

February 13, 2026

Russia has begun using a new mechanism to restrict access to websites, according to a…

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Opinion

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

February 12, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: European Union, 2025 The European…

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Society

“Stepping outside your apartment is a mortal risk”: Russian forces target civilians...

February 12, 2026

Russian shelling killed 712 residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region in the years 2024-2025, wounding an…

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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton pilot who planned to compete in a helmet...

February 12, 2026

Photo: Getty Images On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav…

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Kazakhstan moves to extradite former employee of Navalny’s St. Petersburg office to...

February 12, 2026

Kazakh authorities have granted Russia’s request to extradite activist Yulia Yemelyanova, a former employee of…

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Politics

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

February 11, 2026

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement service (ICE) emerged from a bureaucratic overhaul launched in…

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Russia’s FSB says it detained a third suspect in case over assassination...

February 11, 2026

Pavel Vasin is the son of Viktor Vasin, who was detained earlier as part of…

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Putin's “domestic” Aurus car project frozen due to lack of funds in the Russian state budget

February 13, 2026

Vladimir Putin (behind the wheel) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an Aurus car, …

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Russia uses new website blocking method as YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp Web, and independent media “disappear” from state DNS system

February 13, 2026
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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton pilot who planned to compete in a helmet decorated with portraits of athletes killed in the war

February 12, 2026
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Kazakhstan moves to extradite former employee of Navalny’s St. Petersburg office to Russia

February 12, 2026
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Russia’s FSB says it detained a third suspect in case over assassination attempt on GRU general Vladimir Alexeyev

February 11, 2026
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Society

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

February 12, 2026

Russian shelling killed 712 residents of Ukraine’s Kherson region in the years 2024-2025, wounding an …

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

February 10, 2026
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Resistance network coverage: Iranian protesters have shown the world how to combat internet shutdowns

February 9, 2026
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One flew back to the cuckoo’s nest: Forced institutionalization will not fix America’s homelessness and mental health crises

February 1, 2026
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Dissidents by chance: The Kremlin has turned to labeling random people in Russia as traitors and terrorists

January 29, 2026
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Politics

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

February 13, 2026

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

February 11, 2026
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When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

February 6, 2026
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Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

February 5, 2026
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The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

February 3, 2026
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Opinion

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

February 12, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: European Union, 2025 The European …

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

February 9, 2026
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Posts change, but NABU endures: Why sweeping high-level personnel changes in Kyiv point to a stronger Ukrainian state

January 27, 2026
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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

January 21, 2026
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Not on the brink: Why protests and airstrikes alone are unlikely to bring revolution in Iran without a split in the armed forces

January 15, 2026
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Economics

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

February 13, 2026

Russia’s economy entered 2026 weaker than it was a year before, with growth declining and …

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

January 26, 2026
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A quiet revolution: The world’s turn toward green energy is irreversible

January 20, 2026
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Catch your fish and eat it too: Inside Kamchatka’s poaching empire

January 15, 2026
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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
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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

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

February 6, 2026

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”

January 5, 2026
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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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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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  • Politics

    A second Iranian war? The end of the nuclear deal leaves Israel and the U.S. with limited options

    by admin October 21, 2025
    October 21, 2025

    On October 18, Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country’s nuclear program is no longer …

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  • Opinion

    Reality Czech: Prague looks set to follow the Kremlin-friendly path blazed by Hungary and Slovakia

    by admin October 21, 2025
    October 21, 2025

    Results of the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections will not be announced until Saturday, Oct. 4, …

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  • Society

    Guerrillas of kink: Russia’s sex parties go underground

    by admin October 21, 2025
    October 21, 2025

    At a kink festival in Lithuania. Photo from a personal archive. Raids and denunciations targeting …

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  • Antifake

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

    by admin October 21, 2025
    October 21, 2025

    Kremlin officials and Russian state media have seized on a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

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  • Economics

    Budget of mass destruction: VAT hike signals Russia’s course toward prolonged war and economic decline

    by admin October 21, 2025
    October 21, 2025

    Russia’s federal budget is being rewritten on the fly. Although the final deficit for 2025 …

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  • News

    “It would be easier to go back to my cell and cut my veins”: Moscow court upholds illegal 6-year prison term for cystic fibrosis patient

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    October 20, 2025

    Evgenia Lomakova attending a court hearing via video link On Oct. 16, the Moscow City …

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  • Confession

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

    by admin October 20, 2025
    October 20, 2025

    On October 7, 2023, Israel came under an unprecedented attack from the Gaza Strip. Hamas …

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    Turning over a new leaf: Bolivia’s age of Evo Morales is coming to an end

    by admin October 20, 2025
    October 20, 2025

    Presidential candidate Jorge Quiroga with his supporters in El Alto, Bolivia, on Sept. 12, 2025. …

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