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The Quiet Draft: How russia Is Mobilizing Without a Mobilization

In the first quarter of 2026, russia signed contracts with approximately 70,500 soldiers. This is fewer than the ministry of defense had planned – it had expected 33,500–34,600 people per month.
5/19/2026
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To Save putin’s Approval Rating, the kremlin’s Pollsters Had to Change Their Methodology

The pro-kremlin analytical center “vtsiom” was forced to change its polling methodology. Starting in May 2026, a “combined sample” system was introduced to replace telephone interviews: half of the respondents are surveyed by phone and the rest are surveyed at home through door-to-door interviews.
5/19/2026
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Oleh Luhovskyi Has Briefed the President of Ukraine on the Aggressor Country’s War Losses

Acting Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Oleh Luhovskyi has briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an assessment of the aggressor country’s war losses. It is important to point out that this is specifically a russian internal assessment, which they are trying to conceal from both the world and russia’s domestic audience.
5/18/2026
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Already Now, a Significant Number of Their Regions Are in a State of Bankruptcy, and Putin Is Leading Russia Toward Bankruptcy – Address by the President

Today, there was an intelligence report on Russian losses caused by our sanctions. In just recent months, Russia’s oil refining has dropped by 10%. It is also important to note that Russian oil companies are being forced to shut down their oil wells.
5/18/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

The proportion of russians who are “generally dissatisfied” with domestic policy in the rf had reached 36% by the end of April – the highest figure since December 2021. Over four months, the proportion of dissatisfied people rose by 14%.
5/18/2026
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russian Banks Building a Pyramid Scheme on Consumer Debt

While the key interest rate of the central bank of the rf remains at record highs and defaults on the debt market multiply every quarter, russian banks have found a way to remove problem assets from their balance sheets. The scheme is not new: consumer loans are packaged into pools, converted into bonds and sold to investors. This is called securitization.
5/18/2026
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The “Great Oil Power” Is Once Again Running Short of Petrol

A new fuel crisis is brewing in russia: the shortage of AI-95 petrol is already spilling over beyond exchange reports and hitting the domestic market. Due to the authorities’ disastrous decisions, chronic problems at oil refineries and the consequences of the war, russian oil companies are trying to save the situation by cutting production of the popular petrol.
5/18/2026
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Our Long-Range Capabilities Are Significantly Changing the Situation – and, More Broadly, the World’s Perception of Russia’s War – Address by the President

Many partners are now signaling that they see what is happening and how everything has changed – both in attitudes toward this war and in the reachability of Russian targets on Russian territory. The war is quite predictably returning to its “native harbor,” and this is a clear signal that one should not pick a fight with Ukraine.
5/17/2026
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russia’s Industry Is Short of Young Workers, Funding, and Modernization

Sectors requiring a combination of engineering knowledge, production discipline, and experience of working with complex equipment will be the first to be hit. A vicious cycle emerges: there aren’t enough people to do the work, but there aren’t enough to modernize it either.
5/17/2026
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The Banking Crisis in russia Is Already Underway – Just in a Hidden Form

Analysts point out that the share of non-performing assets in the russian banking system has exceeded 10%. According to IMF methodology, this level is considered the threshold for the onset of a systemic banking crisis. The indicator has remained above the critical threshold for the third consecutive month.
5/17/2026
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Russia Should Be Thinking More about Its Own Oil Refineries and Oil Transshipment Facilities, Not about the Citizens of Other Countries or the Land of Other Peoples – Address by the President

We are also working actively on the traditional sanctions track. The key task is to cut off all supply channels into Russia for components used in missile and drone production. In this week’s strike on Kyiv, the Russians used missiles that were produced this year. Without components from companies in Europe, Japan, and the United States, the Russians simply would not have been able to produce these missiles.
5/16/2026
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moscow and minsk Are Turning Children into Cannon Fodder

The goal – to resolve the issue of disloyal youth and form a mobilization reserve that is as submissive as possible.
5/16/2026
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moscow Extending the Service Life of Irreplaceable Aircraft

russia cannot build new aircraft in the required quantities, so it pays to keep the old ones flying longer.
5/16/2026
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We Must Respond to Russian Strikes in a Just and Tangible Way; I Approved Certain Response Formats – Address by the President

Last night, the enemy already saw strikes hitting, in particular, their oil facilities and military sites. We are continuing these operations.
5/15/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

At a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, 36 countries and the European Union agreed to adopt an Expanded Partial Agreement – an international treaty establishing a steering committee for the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
5/15/2026
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More Grain, Less Money: moscow Is Caught in the Trap of Its Own Harvest

Domestic grain stocks have already reached 25 million tons – a direct consequence of previous “record-breaking” seasons and weak exports. The global market is oversaturated. Egypt and Turkey – traditional buyers – are cutting back on purchases.
5/15/2026
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russian Capital Is Fleeing Abroad En Masse

russian entrepreneurs are rapidly losing confidence in the domestic economy and are looking for any loopholes to save their assets. The federal tax service (fts) of the rf has recorded an abnormal increase in the number of fictitious loans to foreign companies, which are being issued en masse by russian enterprises with negative equity. The number of such transactions has jumped by 70%.
5/15/2026
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We Are Preparing Steps that Can Intensify Our Joint Counteraction; Sanctions Must Be More Painful for Russia – Address by the President

Today, at the Staff meeting, together with our military, the Ministers of Defense and Energy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and representatives of the special services, we also analyzed the response to this two-day attack. First, the level of our air defense and, accordingly, the interception rate is quite high. For drones, it is 93 percent.
5/14/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Oil production in russia in April amounted to only 8.83 million barrels per day – by 130,000 fewer than in March and by 460,000 fewer than in April 2025. russia has not been producing this little since May–July 2020.
5/14/2026
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russian Recession Is Dragging belarus to the Bottom

Since belarus is firmly tied to the russian market, it is experiencing the crisis alongside its neighbor – and has no choice but to follow suit. The ambitious five-year plan for 15% growth now seems like a fantasy. Instead, the country faces the threat of stagflation: the economy is shrinking, while prices are rising.
5/14/2026