Arctida, the independent investigative and research project, is turning four. The editorial team of BlackSky.Info congratulates our colleagues on their birthday and thanks them for their important work. Arctida examines the problems of Russia’s North that often remain outside the…
On the night of 6 to 7 October 2026, on Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday, Russia sent 70 missiles and 130 drones against Ukraine and killed at least 19 people, including four children in Pryluky. Whether the date was chosen with…
For four years Russian agencies have been explaining to their audience that biological death would arrive from Ukraine – on the wings of mosquitoes, bats and migratory birds tuned to a “specific Russian genotype”. On the night of 2 October…
Washington has found a way to bring Russia back into the family of nations. The Kremlin releases a few political prisoners, America eases sanctions, and peace arrives by itself, ideally in a package with oil, diesel and rare earth metals.…
Romania’s town of Sighet is home to the world’s first and Europe’s largest Memorial to the Victims of Communism and to the Resistance
On the night of 21 August 1968, a 300,000-strong military force from the Warsaw Pact countries entered the territory of what was then Czechoslovakia on the Kremlin’s orders
On 19 August 1991, the Uzhhorod City Council was the first in Ukraine to condemn the Moscow State of Emergency
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…
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina reappeared in public after her “mysterious disappearance” and immediately delivered news that did not please the business community: at this time, there are no grounds for a drastic cut in the key rate; moreover,…
Poland is actively transforming its defense industry into one of the key elements of European security—through large-scale investments, intern ational partnerships, and the localization of arms production. In brief Areas of Polish-Ukrainian defense-industrial cooperation, joint weapons production, the development of…
