For the first time in many years, Russia has gone from being an exporter of petroleum products to an importer. Domestic petrol production has fallen by a quarter following Ukraine’s large-scale attacks on oil refining infrastructure. Russia is already purchasing…
The International Olympic Committee has reinstated the Russian Olympic Committee and recommended lifting restrictions on Russian athletes. However, not all countries are ready to welcome Russians, let alone display Russian flags at competitions. In brief: Ban over occupied territories In…
More than 7,000 participants, delegations from dozens of countries around the world, hundreds of journalists, and nearly 200 agreements signed totaling approximately 10 billion euros. The Fifth Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026), held in Gdańsk, demonstrated once again that Ukraine’s…
On June 25, a number of Russian apps owned by the VK holding company were removed from the App Store, including the social networks “VKontakte” and “Odnoklassniki.” Apple attributes the removal of the apps to sanctions. In Russia, the American…
or How Ukraine’s Traitors Came to Power and Who Helped Them
The expansion of the European Union to include post-Soviet states is one of the greatest challenges facing Vladimir Putin. This process significantly reduces Russia’s sphere of direct influence. And so the Kremlin will actively oppose the European integration of Ukraine…
On 28 June 2026, Vladimir Putin addressed the United Russia party congress, convened a meeting at the Kremlin on the fuel crisis, and gave an extensive interview to Russian state television. These three events were not a random series of…
In late June, Belarusians experienced what was perhaps the most dramatic moment since the start of the war in Ukraine. In 2022, it came as a shock to many that Lukashenko had allowed his country’s territory to be used to…
The European Union has begun accession negotiations with Ukraine, which had been blocked by the Hungarian parliament for 17 months. However, Kyiv had to pay a certain price for this. Hungary presented an 11-point plan to protect the Hungarian national…
Japan is accelerating its shift in defense policy: a country with a postwar pacifist constitution is building counterattack capabilities, strengthening its missile defense, and increasingly aligning its security with the United States, NATO, the G7, and Ukraine. For Russia, this…
