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Oil tankers from Russia’s “shadow fleet” avoid English Channel amid security fears

The oil tanker Marathon, pictured above bearing its previous name, “Seaborn.” Photo: Demosthenes Kyriakoulis /…

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Armed and penniless: Europe’s rising defense spending will strengthen security but may...

Global Look Press / Sebastian Gollnow At the recent NATO summit in The Hague, alliance…

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Opinion

Promises made, promises broken. Why Trump and Musk failed to deliver on...

Neither Donald Trump nor Elon Musk — who briefly took on the role of the…

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Society

“Humanitarian aid distribution points are like a real-life Hunger Games”: How Gaza...

At the end of May, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a centralized body for distributing…

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Deputy commander of Russian Navy linked to Bucha war crimes killed in...

Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gudkov, deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy for coastal and ground forces…

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Economics

The hundred-ruble tuber: How potatoes became Russia's posh produce

Hush Naidoo Jade, Unsplash Potato prices in Russia have stabilized, and officials are reporting the…

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Germany to step up tanker inspections to counter Russia’s “shadow fleet” in...

Russia's former “shadow fleet” tanker Eventin, confiscated by Germany’s federal government in March 2025, pictured…

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White House ends Syria-related sanctions on Russian state-controlled arms exporter, but broader...

A billboard thanking U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed along a major road in Damascus…

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Eight more Russian nationals jailed in Baku as political standoff with Moscow...

A group of Russian citizens arrested in Baku on July 1 awaits the decision of…

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A tribunal in waiting: Why the special body set up to prosecute...

On June 25, Ukraine and the Council of Europe signed an agreement to establish a…

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Oil tankers from Russia’s “shadow fleet” avoid English Channel amid security fears

The oil tanker Marathon, pictured above bearing its previous name, “Seaborn.” Photo: Demosthenes Kyriakoulis / …

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Deputy commander of Russian Navy linked to Bucha war crimes killed in HIMARS strike near Ukraine border

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Germany to step up tanker inspections to counter Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea

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White House ends Syria-related sanctions on Russian state-controlled arms exporter, but broader restrictions still in place

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Eight more Russian nationals jailed in Baku as political standoff with Moscow intensifies

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Society

“Humanitarian aid distribution points are like a real-life Hunger Games”: How Gaza residents survive

At the end of May, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a centralized body for distributing …

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Tamizdat partisans: How Russian publishing survives under censorship at home and in exile

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“Still no gills!”: Despite oil spills, Russia’s Black Sea beach season quietly opens

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Adding insult to injury: Russia is fabricating new cases against political prisoners

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The hate algorithm: How social media fuels radicalization

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Politics

Armed and penniless: Europe’s rising defense spending will strengthen security but may strain some economies

Global Look Press / Sebastian Gollnow At the recent NATO summit in The Hague, alliance …

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A tribunal in waiting: Why the special body set up to prosecute Russia’s crime of aggression cannot touch Vladimir Putin — for now

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Faithful foes: The Shiite clergy transformed Iran from an ally of Israel into a stronghold of antisemitism

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Perfect storm: Why Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program became all but inevitable

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Kill the Bill! How the budget plan sparked a rift between Trump, Musk, and key Republicans

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Opinion

Promises made, promises broken. Why Trump and Musk failed to deliver on their budget pledges

Neither Donald Trump nor Elon Musk — who briefly took on the role of the …

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Money at dawn, Taurus by dusk: What Germany’s funding of long-range weapons production in Ukraine really means

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Known unknowns: How much damage was done to Iran’s nuclear program?

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A crumbling alliance: Why the Kremlin didn’t back Iran

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Kurds, monarchists, and “wolves”: Why the regime in Tehran faces collapse, not revolution

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Economics

The hundred-ruble tuber: How potatoes became Russia's posh produce

Hush Naidoo Jade, Unsplash Potato prices in Russia have stabilized, and officials are reporting the …

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Slow but steady: Warren Buffett became the world’s wealthiest investor while ignoring the American economy’s most profitable trends

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Two sides of the same ruble: The Russian currency’s recent strength isn’t likely to last — and it’s already hurting the country’s economy

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Feast and famine: Russian banks book record profits amid coal mining collapse and wage arrears in construction sector

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

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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

“The officer made it clear we were being deported”: How Trump’s anti-immigration policies impacted Russian asylum seekers

In recent years, tens of thousands of Russians have applied for political asylum in the …

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“Even if you feel opposition inside, you have to demonstrate support”: Confessions of teachers in Belgorod schools

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

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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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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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