“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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“Made me sick to my stomach”: Lawmakers launch bipartisan push to stop Ukraine peace deal they call “Munich-style agreement”
The 1938 agreement between Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy is seen as a failed attempt to maintain peace in Europe by ceding the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia, to Hitler. Instead, it opened doors to World War II.
UK drug dealers bought a bank in Kyrgyzstan to funnel £1 billion into Russia’s war machine
Criminal group acquired 75% of Kyrgyz bank to funnel payments to Russian military.
Kyiv at OSCE: Russia launches 23 Novator nuclear-capable missiles banned under INF Treaty against Ukraine
Russia began firing banned nuclear-capable missiles at Ukraine a week after Trump summit in Alaska.
The Arctic is melting, Ukraine is bleeding, and G7 “climate leaders” still won’t quit Yamal LNG
Western gas purchases funded 271,000 Shahed drones—and accelerated Arctic warming
Ukrainian companies supply components for Russia’s kamikaze drones, but it is not what it seems
LLC GK Imperativ Ukraine and Ecofera appear local on paper but are controlled by an Iranian citizen.
Canada just sanctioned 100 Russian “shadow fleet” tankers — plus drone and cyber suppliers behind the front lines
Ottawa says the new measures raise the economic cost of Russia’s invasion and reinforce coordinated G7 pressure on the Kremlin.
Ukraine promises justice as $100 million corruption scandal comes under G7 allies spotlight in Canada
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha assures G7 partners that those embezzling from Energoatom will face justice.
Russia buys 6.5 million North Korean munitions with nuclear secrets, documents reveal
Three nations are fueling weapons and equipment to the one war machine.
What West mistakes for Ukraine’s peace talks is Soviet psychological warfare: Ex-military chief reveals four stages of Russia’s Cold War–era “Gromyko Method”
Zaluzhnyi exposes how Russia employs the 'Gromyko Method' to buy killing time.
Trump cracks Western sanctions unity with Hungary exemption on Russian oil
Budapest meeting rewards Orban's loyalty with one-year sanctions waiver
Three thermal power plants down, 12-hour blackouts introduced in Ukraine, as Russia executes freeze-out terror
Putin abandons occupation for a strategy of rendering Ukraine unlivable.
Ukraine sanctions Russia’s Arctic fossil fuel projects funding war, wrecking climate
Zelenskyy calls Arctic extraction 'one of Russia's most profitable ventures' as climate expert urges West to follow.
Moldova shuts Moscow’s propaganda pipeline in middle of its capital, ending 1998 deal
Foreign Minister Popșoi calls the closure a calculated act of defense.
China may cut Russian oil imports by 400,000 barrels daily as US sanctions strike war budget
Energy profits make up nearly 78% of Russia's federal budget. Every cancelled shipment tightens the noose around Moscow's war financing.
Turkey cuts Russian oil as sanctions reshape Moscow’s last major markets – Reuters
Ankara's refiners seek alternatives from Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa as Western sanctions target Kremlin's war funding.
Iran promises to rebuild bombed nuclear sites “with greater strength” after US strikes
Iran remains a cornerstone of the so-called “Axis of Upheaval,” an anti-Western alliance of authoritarian powers opposing US global influence.
Ukraine coordinates with EU on 20th sanctions package targeting Russian oil revenues
Kyiv's proposals emphasize cutting oil revenues, restricting Russia’s shadow fleet, and countering propaganda.
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.
Lukoil to sell international assets days after US sanctions hit Russia’s oil giants
Lukoil's fire sale marks the first major Russian retreat from international energy markets since Trump sanctioned Moscow's oil giants last week.