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(STOCKHOLM) – Russia’s latest offensive in Pokrovsk has come at a heavy cost, with analysts warning that the Kremlin’s rush to secure a symbolic victory before economic pressures become unbearable may be backfiring. According to Dr Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at theContinue Reading

(MOSCOW) – Civil unrest is spreading across Russia as the country faces a deepening economic crisis and growing public anger at the regime of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Workers across multiple industries are striking over unpaid wages, while new oppressive laws target citizens for online activity and minor cultural expressions.Continue Reading

(MOSCOW) – Russian state broadcaster Vladimir Solovyov, one of dictator Vladimir Putin’s most vocal media supporters, shocked listeners during a live morning radio programme after launching into an angry tirade against his own team, accusing them of sabotage and technical incompetence while making alarming nuclear threats against the West. TheContinue Reading

  (LONDON) – Vladimir Putin’s war economy is far more resilient than Western officials once believed and could sustain the conflict in Ukraine for up to ten years, according to defence analyst Dr Sidharth Kaushal, speaking in an interview published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). However, he warnedContinue Reading

(BELGOROD, RUSSIA) – Ukraine has intensified its campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure, striking a thermal power plant in Belgorod for the first time since the start of the full scale invasion. The move followed a warning from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that continued attacks on Ukraine’s power gridContinue Reading