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Owner of four trucks used to launch drones in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb...

June 2, 2025

The owner of four trucks used to launch drones in Ukraine’s June 1 Operation Spiderweb…

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Russia imprisons head of independent election watchdog for five years

June 2, 2025

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, the head of Russia’s only independent election…

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Opinion

A dish best served cold: Vladimir Milov on why the slow pace...

June 2, 2025

In late May, reports emerged that the European Commission is weighing a cut in the…

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Germany bans far-right secessionist “Kingdom of Germany” group, arrests leaders including self-declared...

June 1, 2025

Masked German police officers in Berlin during a raid targeting right-wing extremists linked to the…

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Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russian advance in Sumy Region, “old man with...

June 1, 2025

In this week's summary: Russian troops have established effective control over more than 60 square…

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Politics

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

June 1, 2025

On June 1, Poland will hold the second round of its presidential election. Following the…

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Chinese supplier sold key gunpowder component to Russian importers, meeting over half...

May 31, 2025

The above image of diphenylamine and gunpowder was generated by ChatGPT. The Chinese company Jiangsu…

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Vucic promises Serbia will halt indirect supplies of ammunition to Ukraine following...

May 31, 2025

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has pledged…

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German company Knauf supplies construction materials for Russian nuclear facility upgrades, Der...

May 30, 2025

Russian missile silo. Photo: AP / picture alliance The German construction giant Knauf has continued…

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U.S. federal judge orders ICE to release Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova, arrested...

May 30, 2025

Chief judge Christina Reiss of the U.S. District Court in Vermont has allowed Kseniia Petrova,…

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Owner of four trucks used to launch drones in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb identified as 37-year-old native of Zhytomyr

June 2, 2025

The owner of four trucks used to launch drones in Ukraine’s June 1 Operation Spiderweb …

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Russia imprisons head of independent election watchdog for five years

June 2, 2025
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Germany bans far-right secessionist “Kingdom of Germany” group, arrests leaders including self-declared “sovereign”

June 1, 2025
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Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russian advance in Sumy Region, “old man with Starlink” near Chasiv Yar, record UAV raids on Russia

June 1, 2025
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Chinese supplier sold key gunpowder component to Russian importers, meeting over half of military demand in 2024

May 31, 2025
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Society

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

May 28, 2025

After the recent death of former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica, obituaries around the world …

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

May 23, 2025
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The road from Damascus: Syria’s minorities are fleeing as sectarian clashes loom

May 21, 2025
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Coded nonsense: How Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service fabricates “secret dispatches” from its “agents” abroad

May 20, 2025
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Marine life cemetery: The Caspian Sea ecosystem is collapsing under pressure from global warming and pollution

May 20, 2025
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Politics

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

June 1, 2025

On June 1, Poland will hold the second round of its presidential election. Following the …

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

May 29, 2025
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Gas and Gaza: How Qatar became a powerful global player

May 29, 2025
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Institutional health check: Trump’s pressure campaign tests America’s democratic immune system

May 28, 2025
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“Time travelers” on the front line: The grim toll of North Korea’s deployment in Kursk

May 27, 2025
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Opinion

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

June 2, 2025

In late May, reports emerged that the European Commission is weighing a cut in the …

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

May 24, 2025
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Stage prop talks: Why the Istanbul meeting could not portend peace for Ukraine

May 16, 2025
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An inconvenient laureate. How Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes nomination can help Russia’s anti-war resistance

May 15, 2025
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War of concessions: Why peace in Ukraine remains elusive

May 7, 2025
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Economics

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

May 22, 2025

The end of Russia’s subsidized mortgage program has led to a sharp decline in home …

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

May 15, 2025
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The golden billionaires: Inside Russia's fierce economic competition for limited wartime resources

May 2, 2025
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Mine over matter: Russia’s coal industry is collapsing — and no one is ready for it

May 1, 2025
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Inflation, devaluation, reduced incomes: Russia’s economy in an era of falling oil prices

April 19, 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

“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 …

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

February 27, 2025
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“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

December 31, 2024
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“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

December 7, 2024
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Confessions of an oil trader: What it's like to do business with Putin's friends

November 2, 2024
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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 …

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

April 17, 2025
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Russia’s MoD falsely claims Palm Sunday strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian military command meeting

April 15, 2025
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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

April 10, 2025
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“Why would they want to absorb Ukraine?”: Five examples of Kremlin disinformation spread by Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

March 27, 2025
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