“Record since the Soviet era”: Putin’s budget reveals Kremlin’s priorities for 2026
Putin signs 2026 budget with 40% for war, social spending gutted.
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Russia’s war machine is running out of cash—and out of illusions
Moscow resorts to money printing as state railways drown in debt, oil revenues plunge 35%, and even China exploits Russia’s desperation.
Thick smoke rises over Nizhnekamsk as one of Russia’s key petrochemical war-linked plants burns (VIDEO)
The war’s cost spreads far beyond the battlefield, hitting Russia’s technological potential and industrial capacity.
Double blows to Russia’s war economy: refinery strikes and sanctions send fuel exports to wartime low – Bloomberg
Russia’s wartime oil revenues are under mounting strain as Ukrainian drone strikes and Western sanctions converge to cripple the country’s refining sector and export capacity.
Russia’s war economy hits its wall: ISW and US Treasury confirm Euromaidan Press analysis
The signs were already there—Western intelligence is just catching up.
“What else is he going to say?” US Treasury head dismisses Russian “propagandist” Dmitriev’s claims that sanctions don’t hurt
Dmitriev claimed sanctions would have no impact, but Bessent stresses that oil profits down 20%, inflation above 20%, and Russia’s wartime economy reeling.
NYP: Russia tells the world it’s winning — actual military performance paints a different picture
While Putin talks victory, Russia’s forces are stuck fighting for fields at unsustainable losses and can't break Ukrainian defenses.
Russian documents show 2030 NATO war plans — rehearsed at Zapad-2025 drills in Belarus
Russia scenarios include not only ops against Ukraine but also against Baltic countries, HUR says.
Austria was the last holdout — now it’s greenlighting the EU’s 19th Russia sanctions round
Austria had insisted Brussels unfreeze Russian assets to compensate for penalties imposed by Moscow, but has now dropped the demand ahead of a vote scheduled for 20 October.
Russia’s war math: at this pace, full occupation of Ukraine would take 103 years, The Economist says
Despite relentless assaults since May, Russia failed to seize Pokrovsk or any major city on the eastern front.
“Putin outplayed Trump again”: Russia pulls US president into Budapest meeting on its terms, says expert
The pattern was seen during the Alaska summit: talk, no results.
The Economist: Ukrainian-made drones and missiles disable 20% of Russian oil refining, pressuring war economy
16 of Russia's 38 oil refineries have been struck since August using domestically produced Flamingo cruise missiles and FP-1 drones that can reach targets as far as 3000 km (1864 miles) deep inside Russia.
Corporate greed over principles: Zara’s secret path back to Russia
Zara’s CEO said Russia was off-limits. Russian shoppers apparently didn’t get the memo.
Kremlin still believes they can win war of attrition against Ukraine — yet ISW says Russia’s victory “not inevitable”
Putin and Gerasimov continue to promote the idea that Russia's slow advances will ultimately force Ukraine’s collapse.
PepsiCo still making money in Russia—and helping fund war
PepsiCo must exit Russia immediately or be held accountable.
Kremlin says it will continue killing Ukrainians despite sanctions, while Kyiv calls for real security
From Crimea to Kyiv, sanctions pile up, yet Russia’s military potential remains intact, keeping the conflict grinding forward in attrition.
Russian coal mines are collapsing under sanctions, yet Moscow is filling profit gap from occupied Ukrainian territories
Western sanctions demonstrate clear economic impact as Russian manufacturing contracts for three consecutive months.
Sanctions bite: Russian steel output collapses to lowest point since invasion
The metallurgy sector’s worst performance since Putin launched his invasion signals mounting strain on Russia’s military-industrial capacity.
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.
Russia’s drone giant Kronshtadt faces bankruptcy as sanctions and strikes bite
AO Kronshtadt, one of Russia’s largest drone manufacturers, is drowning in debt.