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Ukraine strikes Russian “shadow fleet” tanker West Horizon in the Black Sea

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The loyalty test: Trump’s purge of moderate Republicans is an electoral gift...

With November’s mid-term elections fast approaching, Donald Trump has decided to use the Republican primaries…

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Fuel disruptions spread from occupied Crimea to Russia’s Krasnodar Region as governor...

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First evidence emerges of Russia transporting fuel to Crimea using military trucks...

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Russia launches drone strike on spent nuclear fuel facility at Chornobyl, radiation...

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A second round of interference: After Pashinyan’s election victory, Moscow is set...

Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections ended with a victory for the Civil Contract party led…

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Armenia’s Pashinyan wins election but fails to secure constitutional majority, faces risk...

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Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting and ceasefire in open letter, but Putin rejects...

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“Anti-colonial” energy sources: Latin America has become one of the drivers of...

The energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been a…

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Scientists name Russian early-warning satellites as a source of GPS interference across...

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Ukraine strikes Russian “shadow fleet” tanker West Horizon in the Black Sea

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Fuel disruptions spread from occupied Crimea to Russia’s Krasnodar Region as governor blames “artificial rush”

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First evidence emerges of Russia transporting fuel to Crimea using military trucks disguised as civilian vehicles

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Russia launches drone strike on spent nuclear fuel facility at Chornobyl, radiation levels remain normal

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Armenia’s Pashinyan wins election but fails to secure constitutional majority, faces risk of new escalation with Azerbaijan

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Society

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

Russia is systematically building a system of religious control in the occupied territories of 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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Moral migrants, bitter arrivals: Inside Russia’s “values visa” trap

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The home front: Opponents of domestic violence are facing increased pressure in wartime Russia

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In Putin’s bad book: Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry

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Politics

The loyalty test: Trump’s purge of moderate Republicans is an electoral gift to the Democrats

With November’s mid-term elections fast approaching, Donald Trump has decided to use the Republican primaries …

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A second round of interference: After Pashinyan’s election victory, Moscow is set to increase its economic pressure on Armenia

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Tents, dirty water, and medicine shortages: Life in the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire

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Turning the tide on a budget: How Ukrainian interceptor drones learned to shoot down Shaheds and what it means for the war in Iran

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Naval blockade or a new round of war: Trump’s bid to force Iran into peace on his terms

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Opinion

The battle for Beijing: Who came out on top following visits by Trump and Putin to Xi Jinping?

In May, Xi Jinping had a rare — and undoubtedly welcome — opportunity to place …

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The anti-Trump: How conservative Friedrich Merz came to lead Europe’s confrontation with the U.S.

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Giving up “Whig-Torianism”: How Britain will be affected by the end of the two-party system

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Where there is political will, there is a way: Ukraine can help Europe build a unified missile defense system

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The oil swan: How the UAE’s exit from OPEC will hurt Russia

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Economics

“Anti-colonial” energy sources: Latin America has become one of the drivers of the green transition

The energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been a …

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Genie and his master: How Russian authorities manipulate statistics to conceal record-high inequality

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The tale of Yermak: how Zelensky’s former right-hand man ended up under arrest on corruption charges

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Taxes, costly credit, and labor shortages: Why private businesses in Russia are shutting down en masse

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Strait to stagnation: Why not even soaring oil prices can offset the decline of the Russian economy

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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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