Russia couldn’t take out Ukraine’s electricity. Now it wants the water.
After failing to freeze Ukraine with energy strikes, Moscow has shifted its sights—Kyiv isn’t waiting.
Vladislav Inozemtsev: A collapse is not imminent
Economist Vladislav Inozemtsev on oil windfalls, Ukrainian strikes, and why the war will be won on the ground
Oil posts biggest crash since 1991—but the Gulf ceasefire has two versions
Brent fell 15%. Missiles kept flying. Iran’s “open” Strait comes with a $2 million entry fee.
China opens its flour market to Ukraine as Kazakh producers pay for using Russian wheat
In the same week Beijing welcomed Ukrainian flour, it blocked Kazakh producers from using Russian wheat.
Trump’s Iran war lasted 39 days. The impact on Ukraine will last longer
Five weeks on, we are updating our analysis of the Iran war and its impact on Ukraine: what we got right, what we got wrong, and the moves that nobody saw coming.
How far has Ukraine come on its key EU reform commitments? Nine points out of 100.
One year, 10 priorities, 100 points. Three months in, Ukraine has nine.
“There are no small literatures”: an American scholar on Ukraine’s battle for culture and truth
Showing atrocities doesn’t move people. Andrew Giarelli has been thinking about why and what works instead.
How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption court upholds 6-year term for ex-tax chief in gas scheme
Appeals chamber confirms sentence nine years on, with the clock nearly out.
Overcrowded, understaffed, overpriced: Kyiv’s wartime kiosk wave collapses
An oversaturated market, customers who got poorer, workers who aren’t there, and then the electricity bill.
As Hungary blocks Ukraine’s €90 billion, the EU quietly splits into two tiers—one for 27 members, one for 26
The €90 billion standoff may be the moment the multi-speed Europe that Brussels has avoided becomes unavoidable.
50% profit tax, no dividends, no new licenses—Eastern European fintechs are buying Ukrainian banks anyway
Eastern European fintechs are betting on Ukraine’s reconstruction while the war continues.
Support for Ukraine is “turning critical, badly”—the warning comes from its most committed corner
Even Estonian MEPs are saying it now. That changes something.
Ukraine files extradition request with Israel for Midas suspects—outcome far from certain
Both suspects are Israeli citizens. Israel almost never extradites its own.