Russia promised Trump diesel. Five of its tankers turned for Brazil, Africa, and the Mediterranean instead
Part of the fuel announced as relief for US prices before the vote is now looking for buyers far from American ports.
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Russia dreams of a Siberian capital while its war on Ukraine empties Siberia out
The Kremlin's grand plans for "Siberianization" collide with depopulation, budget collapse, and a war against Ukraine that's draining the very regions Moscow claims to want to develop.
Russia arrests 17 indigenous activists across six regions in coordinated December crackdown
Activists face 20 years in Russia on terrorism charges for speaking at UN forums. The arrests mark an…
2 million workers gone: Russia’s war economy slides toward collapse
With 73% of businesses understaffed, defense plants are breaking under labor shortages and falling output.
Russian oil flows through Hungary unchecked—investigation traces deals to PM Orbán’s closest allies
Russian crude keeps pouring into the EU pipeline, enriching figures tied to both Putin and Orbán.
Shadow of the empire: Why Russia’s indigenous nations fear independence
Shunned both by the West and Russia’s liberal opposition, indigenous activists find new ways to challenge Russia’s colonial ways — and rekindle their people’s will to independence.
“Do Svidaniya” to Russo-centrism: Western schools start decolonizing Eastern Europe studies
[box]Russo-centrism in Eastern European studies has guided Western policy-makers for over a century. The 2022 full-scale invasion of…
Russia’s many non-Russian nations no longer have any authors under 35 writing in their languages – Tatar scholar
[box]Kazan, the capital of Russia's Tatarstan, continues to be the site of roundtables at which experts on Tatars…
Kremlin has made defending Moscow Patriarchate key part of Russian foreign policy, Russian expert says
[box]In a major change from the past, religious expert Roman Lunkin says, the Kremlin’s new Foreign Policy Concept…
Moscow demonized Ukrainians exploiting ethnic discord it promoted in Russia, activist from Kamchatka says
[box]With the partial exception of the 1990s, Moscow has historically exploited the hostility of local ethnic majorities to…
Risks from Russia falling apart far less than risks from it remaining in one piece, Russian commentator says
[box]Now that some are predicting that the Russian Federation will fall apart, a veritable army of Moscow commentators…
Moscow promoting ever more military programs for ever younger school-age groups
In a sign that the Putin regime is preparing for the militarization of Russian society over the long…
Putin’s ‘anti-imperialism’ trope also taken from Nazi playbook, Zizek says
Many in the West believe, as Putin intends them to that his talk about fighting imperialism precludes the…
Mass street protests by themselves won’t bring regime change in Russia, as Belarus and Venezuela showed, Golosov says
[box]Mass protests in isolation wouldn’t be sufficient to overthrow Vladimir Putin and bring regime change, political scientist Grigory…
Putin has deeply embedded cult of death and notion of ‘cleansing apocalypse’ in Russia today, Khapayeva says
[box]The cult of death and the notion of a cleansing apocalypse are becoming increasingly frequent elements of the…
Zelenskyy orders study on extending diplomatic recognition to Chechnya-Ichkeria
Having declared Chechnya-Ichkeria a temporarily occupied land last month and pressed by a petition signed by more than…
Russia tries to use passenger jet engines for its heavy helicopters reliant on Ukrainian engines – Defense24
[box]The world's largest Mi-26 transport helicopters used by the Russian army may soon be grounded after Ukrainian law…
Russia officially moves to a wartime economy
In the eighth month since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and amid open mobilization, President Putin has…
Bashkirs launch armed underground movement against Russia’s war and for national independence
[box]Bashkir nationalists in Russia who won their spurs in successful protests against the exploitation of the Kushtau chalk…
Finland to significantly restrict Russian citizens from entering the country amid Russian mobilization
Finland says it will "significantly restrict" Russian citizens from entering the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced…