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Russian military experts hold staff exercise on repelling possible Ukrainian offensive in...

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EU sanctions six Russians over their role in poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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“I looked at the gas shortages and closed my cafe before I...

Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-occupied Crimea, was left completely without power overnight into June…

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Nowhere to live: Europe’s housing crisis has become the continent’s biggest political...

In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU…

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Tools made by German company Gühring continue to reach Russian defense plants...

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Courts vs. ships: Ukraine is trying to stop illegal wheat exports from...

A Swedish court has transferred a cargo ship to Ukraine that had previously been seized…

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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network blames France and Ukraine’s SBU for assassination attempt...

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Ukrainian drone strike hits Roscosmos facility that makes sensors for cruise and...

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Farewell to windfall: Сompanies in almost all Russian industries are getting poorer

While Putin makes loud claims about the Russian economy performing better than those of Western countries,…

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France fines owner of detained “shadow fleet” tanker Tagor €1 million for lack of flag as ship resumes voyage

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Russian military experts hold staff exercise on repelling possible Ukrainian offensive in Crimea

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EU sanctions six Russians over their role in poisoning of Alexei Navalny

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Tools made by German company Gühring continue to reach Russian defense plants through firm tied to ex-subsidiary chief, The Insider finds

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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network blames France and Ukraine’s SBU for assassination attempt on Ukrainian businessman Yermolaiev

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Society

Gone viral: Why sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply in Europe

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has reported a sharp increase in the spread …

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Going to extremes: Russian authorities’ persecution of the LGBT community has entered the realm of the absurd

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Escape from the “Digital GULAG”: Ordinary Russians are finding ways to bypass the Kremlin’s internet restrictions

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Unholy order: Russia is building a system of religious control in occupied Ukraine

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“No gas, no electricity, no heat. They won’t survive another winter”: Ukraine set to evacuate residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky

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Politics

“I looked at the gas shortages and closed my cafe before I went broke”: Russian-occupied Crimea is bracing for a summer without fuel

Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-occupied Crimea, was left completely without power overnight into June …

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Roads of death: Ukrainian strikes on transport corridors are disrupting Russia’s military logistics

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“Media training was part of the program”: The Gaza aid flotilla has sparked controversy, just as it was intended to

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Robots in arms: Ukraine’s frontline is becoming a test range for ground drones

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Europe’s black holes: The EU is moving to legalize offshore camps and strip migrants of their rights

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Opinion

A premier’s premiere: Just about no one knows what Andy Burnham plans to do as Britain’s next leader

Following the resignation of UK prime minister Keir Starmer amid collapsing public support, ambitious pragmatist …

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The outsider’s dilemma: Israel can neither accept Trump’s Iran policy nor refuse to go along

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Son of Satan, grandson of Scarp: Russia’s successful Sarmat tests are not a strategic breakthrough but a return to the Cold War arms race

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Same players, different deal: Zelensky now has the upper hand as Kyiv and Moscow resume the negotiation game

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Hormuz windfall: High oil prices mean Iran has more to gain from prolonging the war than from accepting an unfavorable settlement

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Economics

Nowhere to live: Europe’s housing crisis has become the continent’s biggest political problem

In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU …

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Courts vs. ships: Ukraine is trying to stop illegal wheat exports from Russian-occupied territories

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Farewell to windfall: Сompanies in almost all Russian industries are getting poorer

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Fighting for a poorer future: A sharp drop in investment points to a long-term structural crisis in Russia’s economy

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Trillion dollar rocket man: Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX could come crashing back down to earth after its record-setting IPO

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Corruption

Cashing in on the crown: How Trump turned the presidency into a personal money machine

Donald Trump is the only billionaire ever to occupy the Oval Office, and since returning …

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Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

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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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Confession

“We were told we were developing antidotes”: The inner workings of the St. Petersburg lab where Novichok was tested

As The Insider discovered, Russia has been testing chemical warfare agents under the cover of a …

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“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán”: Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all

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“In Russia, you will atone for your guilt before Putin”: Stories of three Russians deported from the United States

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

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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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Antifake

Russian MFA spokeswoman accuses Latvia of Nazism due to fake ban on speaking Russian in schools

Доступно на русском On April 24, Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported a statement made …

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Not what she said: Russian spokeswoman’s claim of EU “energy self-castration” turns out not to be accurate

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

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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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