Russia lowered its 2030 electronics-independence target from 80% to 59%
Its own ministry proposed the cut, as program funding collapsed fivefold.
Individuals now drive nearly half of Ukraine’s bankruptcy cases
A “second chance” system Kyiv built for EU accession is reaching ordinary people—while Russia rewrites its own bankruptcy law to let the Kremlin choose who survives.
An EU candidate’s port received 145 ships from occupied Ukraine in six months
As Tbilisi tilts toward Moscow, a would-be EU member is becoming a gateway for looted grain and goods the EU has sanctioned.
Europe deepens trade with India while Western parts keep reaching Russia’s weapons
Brussels is drafting its largest-ever corporate blacklist over the war—and expanding trade with the country those parts pass through.
Russia can rebuild Wildberries warehouses more easily than it can replace warehouse workers
The warehouses are replaceable—but at a record 2.1% unemployment, the spooked workers who staff them are not.
Precision missiles hit the coordinates. Investigators ask who was still standing there
A new framework names the pattern in four Russian strikes—and aims at Russia’s standard legal defense.
Europe wants Ukraine’s railway split. The war wants it whole
Ukraine has two years to split its railway on the EU model—and no intention of giving up the wartime control that model is built to remove.
How tight is Russia’s fuel crisis? Altai now caps each car at one fill a day
Drivers had gamed the midnight reset to take two rations. This week, the Siberian republic shut the window.
Russia’s strikes stopped Ukraine’s grain ships. Its farmers are the ones paying
World wheat price is climbing on the supply scare—yet the grain stuck in Ukraine's ports fetches less by the week.
Russia’s ship strikes stall Ukraine’s grain corridor. The damage is moving inland
Not one ship passed through the corridor on 22 July, at the height of harvest. The choke is now reaching Ukraine’s farmers and its railways.
Ukraine’s strikes left Crimea’s prepaid fuel coupons worthless—and the biggest chain won’t refund them
It is invoking a 14-day return law a Russian lawyer says doesn’t apply—he calls it unjust enrichment.
Washington taxes Russian goods at the same rate as Norway’s
It is a blanket forced-labor measure, not a Russia policy—and the sanctions that would hurt Moscow are still stuck in Congress.
Germany declared a break with Russia—then licensed its nuclear giant
A licensed nuclear deal and a secret Baku channel surfaced in the same month. They are not connected. That is what should worry Berlin.
Ukraine’s defense minister explained how the country buys weapons—after he was sacked
A sacked minister spent 90 minutes explaining how Ukraine buys shells. He told more than the ministry had published in six months.