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The kremlin Pressuring Small Businesses As the War Needs Money

The kremlin has launched a new crackdown. The target is small business funds, which the federal treasury needs because financing the war is becoming more difficult with each passing month. The federal tax service of the rf is systematically closing every loophole that entrepreneurs used to protect their money from the state.
5/30/2026
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Dividend Drought: Sanctions and Interest Rates Have Bled russian Businesses Dry

Sanctions pressure, high interest rates, and tax hikes have taken their toll: the russian corporate sector entered 2026 in a state of controlled collapse. Three-quarters of the rf’s largest companies reported a decline in revenue and profit or direct losses at the end of 2025. Dividends have become a luxury that most can no longer afford.
5/30/2026
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We Have Intel Indicating That Russia Is Preparing a New Massive Attack – Address by the President

The PURL initiative must work. This concerns both the United States and Europe. We are pooling funds from our European partners and other friends to purchase missiles, including for Patriot systems. Sufficient supplies depend on America, and we hope that Ukraine will be heard.
5/30/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Minister of Defence of Sweden Paul Jonson has pointed out that training for Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel on Swedish Gripen fighter jets is already underway and will be expanded this autumn.
5/29/2026
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Brotherly Love, minsk-Style: lukashenko Runs the Largest Spy Network in russia

The network’s tasks span the entire spectrum from propaganda to repression. According to the investigators, its priorities include legitimizing lukashenko through disinformation and bribing foreign lobbyists, helping to circumvent sanctions, and monitoring and discrediting the belarusian opposition.
5/29/2026
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The kremlin Is Losing Its Main Propaganda Outlet

Over the course of more than four years of full-scale war against Ukraine, the proportion of people in russia who consider television their primary source of information has dropped significantly. At the same time, the percentage of those who do not turn on the TV at all or do not even have one at home is growing rapidly. While in the first half of 2022 such viewers accounted for only 18%, by March 2026 the figure had risen to 33%.
5/29/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Sweden has allocated a new $2.7 billion aid package to Ukraine: $400 million will go to drone production, and over $2 billion – to Gripen fighter jets. “Ukraine has clearly identified Gripen as the priority choice for its Air Force in the long term and intends to acquire the newest version, Gripen E… We are delivering 16 of these Gripen C/D models to Ukraine,”, said Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson.
5/28/2026
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A Shortage of People, Money, and Common Sense: IISS Has Assessed the Political and Economic Situation in the rf

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has published a report entitled “The Coming Crisis in Russia’s Political Economy”, which assesses russia’s military and economic resilience amid the ongoing war against Ukraine. The authors’ conclusions do not include a scenario of rapid collapse – instead, they point out a gradual accumulation of systemic imbalances that.
5/28/2026
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putin Arrived in China with an Outstretched Hand Again and Left Empty-Handed

putin visited Beijing for the second time this year. This marks his 25th visit to China during his presidency and his fifth since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine. He returned empty-handed.
5/28/2026
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As Long as Russia Continues to Rely on Missiles, Its Interest in Diplomacy Is Not Real; We Must Correct This – Address by the President

This week, I prepared a special letter – a letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and Congress of the United States simultaneously with a letter.
5/28/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Norway and the EU have signed an agreement worth over 400 million kroner (more than $45 million) aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s energy resilience ahead of the winter season. The funds will be directed to the development of renewable energy sources, battery systems, and decentralized energy systems to make the power grid less vulnerable.
5/27/2026
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GLOBSEC 2026: Ukraine As an Element of Europe’s New Defense Architecture

At the 21st GLOBSEC 2026 Security Forum in Prague, the key theme was “The Global Systemic Transformation” – ranging from russia’s war against Ukraine to technological competition, energy risks, and the new architecture of European security.
5/27/2026
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The Budget Deficit and Sanctions Are Prompting russia to Sell Its Stake in “aeroflot”

The federal agency for state property management of the rf (“rosimushchestvo”) has begun preparations to sell a 23.76% stake in “aeroflot”, announcing a call for bids to select a transaction manager. The future intermediary must assess the market value of the stake.
5/27/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

“The EU is going nowhere. We are staying in Kyiv. We are staying with Ukraine. Threats to diplomats and international organizations are not a sign of strength. They are a sign of desperation,” said the EU’s Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernová regarding russia’s threats to continue attacks on Kyiv.
5/26/2026
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The Price of Loyalty to moscow: belarus’ Entire Public Sector Earned a Meager $6 Million in russia

For years, minsk relied on the russian market as its primary and only option. The results for 2025 showed what that cost. The combined net financial result of belarus’ 43 state-owned holding companies in russia amounted to approximately $6 million. This is precisely the price of the lukashenko regime’s long-standing strategy.
5/26/2026
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We Are Trying to Accelerate Work in Europe on Producing Our Own Anti-Ballistic Capabilities on the Continent in Sufficient Quantities – Address by the President

We are working with all our partners on air defense for Ukraine – clearly, this is the first priority. The day before, we spoke with the President of France and the Prime Minister of Norway; today, I spoke with the President of Finland, and our diplomatic team is focused precisely on this. Anti-ballistic capabilities are now in short supply globally because of the war with Iran, but we must look for solutions.
5/26/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Switzerland has joined the European Union’s 20th package of sanctions against russia and belarus. The new sanctions target 115 individuals and entities – first of all those linked to russia’s military-industrial complex and energy sector, as well as entities that support them.
5/25/2026
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47 Candidates for Each Job: The kremlin Hides the Collapse of the Labor Market

Just a year ago, employers in russia were literally scrambling to hire workers. Now, the situation has completely reversed. In some segments of the labor market, the number of job openings has dropped by 25–40% year-on-year, while the number of active job seekers has increased by 30–39%.
5/25/2026
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Symon Petliura: Two Years Before His Assassination

The archives of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine contain a number of documents relating to Symon Petliura’s time in exile from 1920 to 1926. These documents do not cover all of the activities undertaken by the Chief Otaman of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in organizing the work of the government-in-exile. At the same time, they demonstrate that S. Petliura remained the leader of the struggle for the Ukrainian cause.
5/25/2026
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A Slowdown in China’s Economic Dynamics Could Cost the World New Trade Wars

April data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics came in worse than even cautious analysts had expected. Industrial production rose by only 4.1% year-on-year, down from 5.7% in March – the weakest result since July 2023.
5/25/2026