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War in Ukraine
Kremlin passes largest military budget ever; Moscow’s casualties at highest levels of the war; As AFU troops advance in Zaporizhzia region, Russians alarmingly use nuke plant as artillery base.
Nov. 28, 2023
Crimea
The talks were in response to Russian concerns about the vulnerability of the existing 18-kilometer bridge across the Kerch Strait, that has already been bombed twice by Ukraine.
Nov. 24, 2023
War in Ukraine
Putin's mobilization order 14 months ago sent tens of thousands of men to the front. And the longer bloodletting goes on, the more likely a second mobilization becomes.
Nov. 23, 2023
France
Russia’s notorious “Doppelgänger bots” use their skills to imitate genuine internet users to target Western audiences with carefully crafted, insidious, anti-Semitic threats.
Nov. 22, 2023
War in Ukraine
Strikes on capital and South kill two; UN says 10,000 civilians, 560 children, killed in the war; Russia gains around Avdiivka; Liberating forces make more headway on the left bank of Dnipro.
Nov. 22, 2023
Ukraine
Kremlin says Kyiv administration too “toxic” for peace talks; President Zelensky vows that Ukrainians “are not tired. We are ready to stand further. We want justice.”
Nov. 22, 2023
Telegram
The commander found guilty of downing flight MH17 and who is wanted in Ukraine for alleged war crimes, announced he intends to run in the 2024 Russian presidential election.
Nov. 20, 2023
Kyiv
It’s not exactly got off to a great start as no nations have yet indicated a desire to take part and Russian artists have shown little interest in performing.
Nov. 18, 2023
Putin
We must inoculate the world’s nations as to the Moscow-origins of the recent spike of antisemitism and make clear that only our enemies win through this dangerous unruliness.
Nov. 17, 2023
War in Ukraine
The Kremlin’s problem is falling troop quality that can’t be fixed without politically risky full-scale mobilization. Also, it is usually not possible for a country to get its soldiers killed forever.
Nov. 16, 2023
Germany
A new investigation reveals a German journalist and bestselling author who wrote extensively about Vladimir Putin received hundreds of thousands of euros from a close ally of the Russian president.
Nov. 15, 2023
Drones
The airport authorities have responded to repeated closures following Ukrainian drone attacks against Moscow and its associated infrastructure in the summer.
Nov. 15, 2023
Putin
A trickle of whispers has become a firehose of rumors as Kremlin watchers spot multiple signs that Putin may have died, or that he may do so very soon.
Nov. 14, 2023
Putin
Although President Putin has yet to formally declare that he will stand for re-election all the signs are there confirming he will and all will be done to ensure Russia gets “the right result.”
Nov. 14, 2023
Counteroffensive
While the Kremlin has not commented on the Ukrainian army's crossing of the Dnipro River, a key goal of its counteroffensive, Russian milbloggers have been bemoaning it for a month.
Nov. 13, 2023
Russian state-run TV show “congratulates” Trump on election by highlighting once and future First Lady modeling career photos, possibly spelling out the power dynamic of the US-Russia relationship.
Nov. 11