Up to date about the main thing!
  • Home
  • News
  • Economics
  • Antifake
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Corruption
  • Politics
  • Confession
News

Alabuga Polytech in Russia’s Tatarstan launches social media campaign to recruit minors...

March 10, 2026

A screenshot of the promotional videos in which underage students openly discuss their work assembling…

Read more
News

Russia’s ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov arrested on corruption charges, yet another...

March 9, 2026

Russia's former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov. Photo: TASS Russia’s former First Deputy Defense…

Read more
Politics

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure...

March 9, 2026

Since returning to the White House last year, Donald Trump has been locked in a…

Read more
News

Asian buyers turn to Russian oil amid strikes on Iran, but experts...

March 9, 2026

Two tankers carrying Russian oil that had been headed for East Asia recently changed course…

Read more
News

Ukraine’s Navy says it struck a Russian helicopter with a drone on...

March 8, 2026

On the night of March 4-5, Ukraine’s Navy, together with the country’s Special Operations Forces,…

Read more
News

Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreading terrorist attack scares ahead of Germany’s regional...

March 7, 2026

Photo: dpa The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a campaign targeting German voters ahead…

Read more
News

“Hostage-taking, stealing money, and state terrorism”: Detention of cash-in-transit guards escalates conflict...

March 7, 2026

© Olivier Hoslet Seven employees of the major Ukrainian financial institution Oschadbank were detained in…

Read more
Politics

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

March 7, 2026

In response to attacks by Israel and the United States, Iran has been indiscriminately striking…

Read more
News

Dior plans to reopen its stores in Moscow in 2028, Kommersant reports

March 6, 2026

Photo: RIA Novosti Christian Dior Couture Stoleshnikov, the company representing Dior in Russia, expects two…

Read more
News

Russian Orthodox icons have begun depicting participants in the full-scale invasion of...

March 6, 2026

Detail of a donor icon showing Senior Lieutenant Ruslan Sheyka next to the hieromartyr Rusticus…

Read more

News

Alabuga Polytech in Russia’s Tatarstan launches social media campaign to recruit minors for the assembly of Shahed drones

March 10, 2026

A screenshot of the promotional videos in which underage students openly discuss their work assembling …

by admin March 10, 2026

Russia’s ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov arrested on corruption charges, yet another Shoigu associate detained since MoD shakeup

March 9, 2026
by admin March 9, 2026

Asian buyers turn to Russian oil amid strikes on Iran, but experts say the Kremlin’s gain will be short-lived

March 9, 2026
by admin March 9, 2026

Ukraine’s Navy says it struck a Russian helicopter with a drone on the Sivash drilling platform in the Black Sea for the first time

March 8, 2026
by admin March 8, 2026

Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreading terrorist attack scares ahead of Germany’s regional elections

March 7, 2026
by admin March 7, 2026

Society

Cardboard coffins and countertop monuments: Russia is increasingly cutting costs on the burial of its war dead

February 28, 2026

Mortality in Russia is rising, and the funeral industry is expanding right along with it …

by admin February 28, 2026

“The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war

February 27, 2026
by admin February 27, 2026

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

February 20, 2026
by admin February 20, 2026

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

February 17, 2026
by admin February 17, 2026

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

February 12, 2026
by admin February 12, 2026

Politics

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

March 9, 2026

Since returning to the White House last year, Donald Trump has been locked in a …

by admin March 9, 2026

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

March 7, 2026
by admin March 7, 2026

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

March 6, 2026
by admin March 6, 2026

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

March 4, 2026
by admin March 4, 2026

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

February 28, 2026
by admin February 28, 2026

Opinion

It’s the bomb: How Putin drew Europe into a new nuclear arms race

March 5, 2026

Testing of the Russian PC-24 Yars ballistic missile. Photo: AP On Mar. 2, French President …

by admin March 5, 2026

Managing chaos: The Iranian regime is surviving without a hierarchical leadership structure — for now

March 4, 2026
by admin March 4, 2026

Nuclear breakdown: How the end of the New START treaty will affect the arms race between Russia and the U.S.

March 2, 2026
by admin March 2, 2026

The fairy tale ends: How a British prince turned into a frog

February 28, 2026
by admin February 28, 2026

The dragon bites its own tail: How purges in China’s military leadership are tied to its “peaceful superpower” policy

February 27, 2026
by admin February 27, 2026

Economics

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

February 25, 2026

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

by admin February 25, 2026

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

February 18, 2026
by admin February 18, 2026

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

February 13, 2026
by admin February 13, 2026

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

January 26, 2026
by admin January 26, 2026

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

January 20, 2026
by admin January 20, 2026

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 …

by admin January 9, 2025

The regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

December 22, 2024
by admin December 22, 2024

All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

December 7, 2024
by admin December 7, 2024

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
by admin November 29, 2024

Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

November 25, 2024
by admin November 25, 2024

Confession

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

February 26, 2026

Migrants on the border between Mexico and the U.S. Photo: Étienne Laurent/EPA On Feb. 16, …

by admin February 26, 2026

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

February 6, 2026
by admin February 6, 2026

“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in the Kremlin-controlled “People’s Republics”

January 5, 2026
by admin January 5, 2026

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

December 18, 2025
by admin December 18, 2025

“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
by admin November 12, 2025

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 …

by admin January 2, 2026

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
by admin November 14, 2025

Russia claims NATO is preparing “major sabotage” at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, but the scenario described is technically impossible

November 11, 2025
by admin November 11, 2025

Kremlin narrative claims Volodymyr Zelensky bought massive ranch in Wyoming that made him one of the “top 10 U.S. landowners”

November 3, 2025
by admin November 3, 2025

From Budapest with lies: Viktor Orbán’s latest false claim on Ukraine

October 27, 2025
by admin October 27, 2025

Latest Posts

  • Confession

    “If a colonel couldn’t do anything, what could I do?”: A Belarusian border guard’s confession

    by admin August 25, 2025
    August 25, 2025

    In the second half of 2021, a systematic effort by the Belarusian government created a …

    Read more
  • News

    Russia’s Justice Ministry designates “Kremlin insider” Sergei Markov as “foreign agent”

    by admin August 24, 2025
    August 24, 2025

    Prominent pro-Kremlin pundit Sergei Markov was designated a “foreign agent” on Aug. 22, 2025. Photo: …

    Read more
  • News

    U.S. sanctions Iranian “shadow fleet” shipping network tied to Greek national

    by admin August 23, 2025
    August 23, 2025

    The U.S. Treasury Department on Aug. 21 announced sanctions against a shipping network linked to …

    Read more
  • News

    Probe launched as Russia expands recruitment of South African women to work at drone plant in Tatarstan

    by admin August 22, 2025
    August 22, 2025

    Photo: Russian Industrial parks Russia has expanded the recruitment of South African women to work …

    Read more
  • News

    The Bolshoi Theatre’s management has purchased surveillance software to monitor its staff for ‘interest in the war in Ukraine’

    by admin August 22, 2025
    August 22, 2025

    The Bolshoi Theatre’s management has signed an agreement to roll out special software to monitor …

    Read more
  • Opinion

    Less than total chaos: Trump’s hectic Russia diplomacy has improved Western unity

    by admin August 22, 2025
    August 22, 2025

    Joining Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington were the head of the European Commission, …

    Read more
  • Economics

    In the soup: Despite record inflation, the cost of living in Moscow remains comparatively low

    by admin August 21, 2025
    August 21, 2025

    Prices in Moscow and other Russian cities have skyrocketed since the start of Putin’s full-scale …

    Read more
  • News

    Moscow court bans online use of politically incorrect language from Guy Ritchie’s cult film Snatch

    by admin August 21, 2025
    August 21, 2025

    “Turkish” (left), played by Jason Statham, and “Tommy” (right), played by Stephen Graham, appear in …

    Read more
  • 1
  • …
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • …
  • 196

Popular Posts

  • 1

    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
  • 2

    Weekly Ukraine war summary: Urban fighting in Vuhledar, Russian forces rush to the Oskil River, AFU recaptures aggregate plant in Vovchansk

    November 1, 2024
  • 3

    «I masked the PRESS caption on my helmet to use it in combat» Journalist Yuriy Matsarsky on waging war in Ukraine

    November 1, 2024
  • 4

    2 billion scam: Mafia oligarchs and a simple lawyer from Mytishchy become new owners of Russian Railways’ electric trains

    November 4, 2024
  • 5

    The regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

    December 22, 2024

Categories

  • Antifake (58)
  • Confession (58)
  • Corruption (43)
  • Economics (98)
  • News (825)
  • Opinion (146)
  • Politics (198)
  • Society (140)
Up to date about the main thing!
  • Home
  • News
  • Economics
  • Antifake
  • Society
  • Opinion
  • Corruption
  • Politics
  • Confession

About

Up to date about the main thing!
Current world events daily on the pages of our blog. Also the latest news from politics, culture, society, economics and other industries.

Vk Whatsapp Telegram Ok

Editor’s Choice

  • The far-wrong: European populists are gaining support by moderating their economic agenda

  • Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s Sumy and Odesa leave 19 dead, over 100 injured

User selection

  • “Pen, paper, and a gun to the head”: how Russia turns Ukrainian POWs and civilians into “terrorists”

  • Death toll from Russian overnight attack on Ternopil in western Ukraine rises to 25, including three children

  • Vk
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Ok