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The kremlin Intends to Impose a 20% Windfall Tax on Businesses
The tax rate could reach as high as 20%, which is twice as much as during the previous campaign in 2023. This refers to the taxation of the portion of companies’ 2025 profits that exceeds the average level for 2018–2019. It was precisely this period that served as the baseline for collecting excess profits in 2021–2022.
4/19/2026
Investigators from the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine Are Now Examining All the Circumstances of the Attack in Kyiv against Ordinary Civilians – Address by the President
It has been established that the attacker set fire to an apartment before going out onto the street with a weapon. He had previously been prosecuted for criminal offences. He had long resided in the Donetsk region and was born in Russia.
4/18/2026
russia’s Pension System Is Creaking at the Seams Under the Weight of the War: the Fund’s Deficit Has Tripled
The pension crisis is just one aspect of a broader collapse. Regional budget deficits have reached a record $19.49 billion, and the total shortfall in resources across the entire russian budget system is estimated at $107.83 billion for the year. The fund is increasingly functioning not for its intended purpose, but as an internal financial buffer for the government – a tool for concealing the true scale of the deficit.
4/18/2026
The kremlin Is Finally Claiming the Right to Shape a Child’s Personality
Psychologists point out that the system of child-rearing in “putin’s new russia” is being built according to a single standard. And if a child’s worldview goes beyond what is permitted, the collective mind will simply crush all impulses, forcing the individual into an established mold.
4/18/2026
The Visits This Week Were Specifically about Ensuring That in the Spring and Summer We Can Maintain Ukraine’s Resilience and Strength – Address by the President
Virtually every day, at both the political and military levels, we are in communication with our partners to strengthen air defense. We are seeking anti-ballistic capabilities. Most importantly, we are moving toward conditions in which we will be able to produce air defense in Ukraine and together with our partners – all the necessary formats, systems, missiles, and so on.
4/17/2026
Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius believes that the existing legal framework for European defense is insufficient and that a European Defense Union should be created, which should include Ukraine, among others.
4/17/2026
russia Is Drowning in Debt: Corporate Defaults Have Reached the Level of the Crisis of 2008
russian businesses are sinking deeper and deeper into a debt quagmire. Overdue accounts receivable in the corporate sector have risen by 26% – from $79.3 billion to $100 billion – and their share of the total has reached 10.3%. This is the worst figure since the global financial crisis of 2008–2009.
4/17/2026
russia’s Scientific Decline Has Hit Rock Bottom
The share of spending on civilian science in russia has fallen to a decade-low. While 0.58% of GDP was allocated to science in 2013, by 2021 the figure had dropped to 0.47%, and in 2024–2025 – to approximately 0.36%. This represents a 25% reduction from the already modest pre-war levels.
4/17/2026
russians Will No Longer Be Able to Choose News
russians are being subjected to a total information vacuum: instead of any opportunity to independently choose sources of information, they will be fed carefully filtered state-controlled content wherever they spend time online.
4/17/2026
Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Ukraine has received a tranche of 752 million pounds sterling (approximately $1 billion) from the United Kingdom as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) initiative to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
4/16/2026
moscow Legalizing the Recruiting Pressing Machine
The state duma plans to adopt amendments to the Code of administrative offences – a draft law introduced by the government at the initiative of the ministry of internal affairs in March 2026. The document expands the list of offences for which foreign nationals and stateless persons may be subject to administrative expulsion.
4/16/2026
Necromancy Has Become a Form of State Analytics in russia
A pro-government russian socio-political publication has published a “posthumous interview” with vladimir zhirinovsky. The editorial team contacted a medium, who “summon the spirit” of the politician – and the spirit, without any unnecessary formalities, commented on the timing of the end of wars, assured readers that a global conflict was impossible, and advised them to plant potatoes.
4/16/2026
medvedev Has Turned His Attention to Textbooks: russia Is Shaping the “Correct” Mindset of Schoolchildren
The ministry of education of the rf is not even trying to hide the fact that medvedev personally edited the texts, making amendments that were subsequently incorporated not only into the textbooks but also into federal educational standards. In fact, this constitutes the political leadership’s direct interference in the content of school education.
4/16/2026
Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Germany will finance a contract between Ukraine and the US company Raytheon for the supply of several hundreds of missiles for Patriot air defence systems.
4/15/2026
moscow Paying for the Caucasus’ Loyalty with Siberian Oil
As of early March 2026, subsidies from russia’s federal budget to the regions had increased by 23.8% compared to the same period in 2025. The figures reveal a systemic transfer of resources from productive regions to politically sensitive republics, where the actual contribution to the country’s economy is close to zero.
4/15/2026
russia Cannot Afford Drinking Water
Every ninth resident of russia still lacks access to high-quality drinking water from centralized systems – and given the rate at which the networks are deteriorating, this figure will only worsen in the coming years.
4/15/2026
russia Drowning in Sanctions: Internal Estimates Reveal Catastrophic Losses
In 2022–2025 alone, russia was forced to spend additional $130 billion – about $32.5 billion annually – to circumvent sanctions and purchase banned Western goods that it previously bought much cheaper directly from the West.
4/15/2026
Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
“Sanctions are having an impact. And, looking to the future, they will have a significant impact on the development of the russian economy,” said Director of Latvia's Constitution Protection Bureau Egils Zvedris.
4/14/2026
Teeth Care As a Luxury: The War Has Turned russia’s Dentistry into a Market for Self-Treatment and Shadow Clinics
Sales of “home dentistry” products on russian e-commerce platforms have risen by 60% over the past three months, reaching nearly 40 million rubles. Temporary fillings account for the lion’s share of demand – 58% – with veneers making up the remaining 28%.
4/14/2026
Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action
Cyprus’ EU Presidency will seek to resolve the issue of allocation of a EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine as quickly as possible and to adopt the 20th package of sanctions against russia following Péter Magyar’s election victory in Hungary.
4/13/2026
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