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The Trans-Caspian Fund Is Changing the Balance of Power in the Caucasus Not in russia’s favour

The United States is strengthening its role in the region, helping to bolster the independence of the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, preventing China from establishing complete control over Eurasian logistics, and, ultimately, reaping returns on its own investments.
8/17/2026
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Tax Evasion in the rf Has Risen to a 12-Year High

russian entrepreneurs know better than anyone that resilience to sanctions, stability, and import substitution are traditional propaganda myths. And in order to stay afloat in any way possible, businesses are simply going into shadows.
8/17/2026
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The kremlin Is Once Again Cutting Back on russians’ Safety

russian officials are effectively proposing to cut corners on the performance of a product directly related to flight safety. The new additives and components still need to be tested. They may also speed up the wear and tear of parts.
8/17/2026
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Shadow Employment in the rf Has Reached 41%: the kremlin Braces for a Shortfall in Tax Revenue

According to “rosstat” and the unified interagency information and statistical system, there were 74.6 million employed people in the country from January through May 2026, while the official headcount of employees at organizations stood at only 44.1 million.
8/16/2026
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Dollar Panic: Capital Flight from russia

russians’ anxiety is growing amid expectations that, following the state duma elections, the kremlin may tighten internal controls, up to imposing martial law or a new mobilization.
8/16/2026
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The Republic of Korea Has Completed the Reorganization of Its Military Counterintelligence

The goal of the reform is to prevent the use of intelligence agencies for political purposes and to separate intelligence, oversight, and investigative functions.
8/15/2026
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Thanks to All the Decisions Made Since Last Autumn, We Were Able to Shift to a Significantly More Technologically Advanced Defense This Winter and Spring – Address by the President

In fact, we have succeeded in blocking off Russia’s south, and we are expanding this strategic operation – quite rightly, in response to Russian strikes on our ports and our cities. And every level of pressure on Russia must bring that country – and its society, above all – closer to the point where they want to end their war.
8/15/2026
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The kremlin Is Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow: the Budget of the rf Went into the Red in Seven Months by 6.46 Trillion

The kremlin’s war against its own economy has reached a new level: in the first seven months of 2026, the russian budget deficit has steadily ballooned to 6.46 trillion rubles.
8/15/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The government of Estonia has approved a proposal from the Ministry of the Interior to extend, for an indefinite period, the restricted operating hours of land border crossings with russia.
8/14/2026
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“Prosperity” kremlin-Style: russian Shops Begging for Rent Discounts

Over the course of a year, from July 2025 to June 2026, 2,300 shops and retail kiosks closed in moscow’s shopping centers alone. Empty halls in shopping centers are becoming a new everyday symbol of the “success” of russia’s economy, which is paying a high price for the kremlin’s military adventure.
8/14/2026
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“Get Out of Africa”: Bishop of Tanzania Has Accused the russian orthodox church of Bribery and Schism

Bishop Chrysostomos of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, who belongs to the Patriarchate of Alexandria, has publicly accused the russian orthodox church of bribing local clergy and deliberately causing a schism within African Orthodoxy.
8/14/2026
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A Wave of Corporate Defaults Is Sweeping Across russia

A wave of defaults continues in russia’s corporate bond market. In the first half of 2026, 21 companies experienced difficulties servicing their bonds and digital financial assets for the first time – a 40% increase from last year.
8/14/2026
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How the KGB Tried to Obstruct Events Honoring Yevhen Konovalets

A series of documents has been discovered in the archives of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine detailing how the kgb of the ussr, at various times, monitored events organized by the Ukrainian diaspora to honor the memory of OUN leader Yevhen Konovalets and attempted to obstruct them in every possible way.
8/14/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Japan is strongly protesting russian dictator putin’s visit to the disputed island of Etorofu, which russia refers to as Iturup.
8/13/2026
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russia Is Pushing to Create a “Shadow Fleet" for LNG

russia is speeding up the creation of a “shadow fleet” to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) in preparation for the European Union’s complete ban on russian LNG imports, which will take effect on January 1, 2027.
8/13/2026
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The Decline in Production Is No Longer the kremlin’s Only Problem

In July 2026, russia’s economy showed a further deterioration in financial activity. The hardest-hit sectors were the extractive industry, petroleum product manufacturing, and public administration.
8/13/2026
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russians Have Begun Voting Against Propaganda with Their Rubles

A paradoxical situation is unfolding in the market: every year, the government spends colossal sums on domestic cinema, budgets are constantly growing, yet ratings are falling with equal consistency.
8/13/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The growing “deficit” in the rf’s budget is fueling business concerns that taxes will rise again next year – for the third year in a row. 27% of companies consider an increase in the tax burden to be the most likely risk in the near term.
8/12/2026
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moscow Paying an Increasing Price for Its “Everlasting Friendship” with Beijing

“rosstandart”’s ban on the sale and distribution in russia of a number of Chinese truck models from the Dongfeng, Foton, FAW, and Sitrak brands calls into question the strength of the “friendly relations” between moscow and Beijing.
8/12/2026
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The russians Will Burn Through Millions of Rubles Just to Launch Their Own Tax Agency’s Website

Due to the mass revocation of GlobalSign’s international security certificates, russian websites are being cut off from the civilized internet. Currently, the websites of government agencies (the federal tax service) and major banks simply refuse to load in standard global browsers.
8/12/2026