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russia’s “Soft Power” Shattering Against the Arctic Ice

russia’s plans to expand its presence on Svalbard by increasing tourist traffic, as always, are turning into yet another round of empty statements from kremlin officials. moscow simply has no vessels to transport those tourists. ceo of the “arktikugol” trust ildar neverov has stated this openly.
7/16/2026
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Currency Panic: Demand for the Dollar in russia Has Surged 12-Fold

The second quarter of 2026 revealed just how fragile financial confidence remains within putin’s economy. Despite years of rhetoric about giving up “unfriendly” currencies, russians rushed to buy up dollars and euros with an intensity reminiscent of a panic reaction to an obvious threat.
7/16/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The German defense company Rheinmetall has delivered to Ukraine the first batch of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition, manufactured at the company’s new plant in Unterlüs.
7/15/2026
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moscow Is Offsetting the Drop in Profits with Massive Fiscal Pressure

According to the results of the first quarter of 2026, russia’s federal budget received $13.04 billion in corporate income tax, which is by 29.37% more than a year ago.
7/15/2026
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russia Is Completing the Iron Curtain for Its Own Internet

Experts describe the new restrictions as another step toward implementing the “sovereign internet” concept promoted by the kremlin – the complete centralization of control over internet traffic, regardless of the telecom provider or connection method.
7/15/2026
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Fuel Shortage Threatens Harvest in russia

The pace of the harvest is lagging behind last year’s nearly 3-fold. As of July 1, only 1.3–1.5 million hectares had been threshed in russia, compared to 4.2–4.6 million hectares on the same date in 2025.
7/15/2026
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Yurii Boiko-Blokhin and His Full of Trials Path to the Statehood of the Ukrainian Nation

Documents on the  operational cultivation of   prominent Ukrainian scholar, public and political figure, theorist of Ukrainian nationalism, Yurii Boiko-Blokhin abroad, shed light on why the kgb / mgb of the ussr paid such close attention specifically to scientists – historians, linguists, literary scholars, and archaeologists.
7/15/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Chancellor of the FRG Friedrich Merz has stated that the security guarantees Ukraine will receive after the war with russia ends will be determined by Kyiv and its allies. moscow will not participate in the process.
7/14/2026
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The kremlin Is Turning Fines Into a New Source of Oil: the rf’s Budget Is Relying on Repression

The state budget of the rf is shifting to new “high-tech” sources of funding. kremlin bureaucrats have decided to no longer tie the state treasury solely to global oil prices, but instead to rely on penalties and fines imposed on violators of all kinds of rules and regulations.
7/14/2026
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The volga, the Color of Poison: putin’s River Restoration Project Drowned in Corruption

Nearly 127 billion rubles from taxpayers’ pockets were allocated to save russia’s main waterway, funds for which   local officials have already “found use” without a hitch. However, instead of a clean river, russians ended up with a green swamp.
7/14/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The government of the FRG has allocated EUR 90 million to finance the purchase of 50,000 Ukrainian Shrike drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7/13/2026
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belarus Is Training a Generation of Unskilled Workers Instead of Engineers

Over the past five years, the number of students enrolled in community colleges and vocational schools has increased by 17.4% and 8.6%, respectively, while the number of undergraduate students has plummeted fourfold.
7/13/2026
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russia Has Lost Its Ability to Maintain Its Previous Pace of Recruitment for the War

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has noted a number of distinctive peculiarities of this year’s campaign to recruit contract soldiers for the armed forces of the rf to participate in combat operations against Ukraine.
7/13/2026
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The kremlin Is Preparing russia for a Wave of Corporate Bankruptcies

Authorities have effectively acknowledged the failure of the current system: in 2025, external administration was applied in only 51 cases, financial rehabilitation – in only eight, and rehabilitation procedures accounted for less than 1% of all corporate bankruptcies.
7/13/2026
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In russia, Brands Are Being Stolen Even from “Fraternal” China

While the kremlin proclaims a strategic partnership with Beijing, russian entrepreneurs have no qualms about stealing their partners’ intellectual property, creating clone websites and blocking genuine brands from entering the market.
7/13/2026
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The kremlin Is Weeding Out Inconvenient Candidates from the Election

russia is once again resorting to its usual pre-election tactics: independent candidates are being removed from the race en masse through legal provisions that automatically disqualify them from running.
7/12/2026
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Türkiye, China, and the UAE Pushing russia Out of the Sahel

moscow’s ineptitude is being exploited by its competitors. Türkiye is squeezing out the russians in the security services market and supplying Bayraktar drones. China, whose investments in Africa total $3.4 billion annually, is deploying its own security companies to protect the Agadem-Seme oil pipeline in Niger, combining arms sales with infrastructure financing.
7/12/2026
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I Am Preparing Changes across Our Diplomatic Efforts; We Need a New Quality of Engagement with Partners to Ensure the Implementation of Our Agreements on Weapons Supplies – Address by the President

It should not take weeks to move from announcing a support package for Ukraine to delivering it. And this is the responsibility of everyone in the state involved, above all, in diplomatic efforts. Ukrainian warriors need more resources and more capabilities to protect lives and defend our people from Russian evil.
7/11/2026
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belarus’s Human Rights Index Has Stalled at Rock Bottom: lukashenko’s Regime Has Nearly Reached the Peak of Repression

The belarusian Helsinki Committee has released the National Human Rights Index for 2025.
7/11/2026
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Agricultural Machinery Has Come to a Standstill in russian Regions Due to the Fuel Crisis

russian farmers and logistics operators are already openly complaining about the desperate situation caused by the fuel shortage.
7/11/2026