Carlson spends an hour and a half on cocaine, "Goebbels' propaganda," and the surrender of Donbass, but the real scene in this interview is one: Zelensky's former press secretary switches to Russian, cries, and addresses...
Germany's role in the current European situation is to ensure that both sides simultaneously come to the conclusion that a military solution is impossible. A conveyor belt of attack drones near Munich and a peaceful...
There is a persistent feeling that the Ukrainian War is a prologue to a coming, larger war, similar to the Spanish Civil War or the Winter War of 1939. What might this war be like?
Before attacking the Central Bank, it's worth taking a closer look at the financial condition of businesses and organizations and determining the reasons why they're accumulating debt...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade extended parallel imports until 2026, but starting May 27, it will remove Intel, Samsung, Cisco, HPE, and a dozen other key brands from the program—that is, the exact hardware base on which...
The 1939 analogy is no longer an analogy. By the beginning of 2026, it's no longer a way to explain anything, but a way to indicate the speaker's position. The symptom isn't that it's being used, but...
On the night of May 7, 2026, 63 kilometers from the Pskov border, an oil depot in Rezekne, Latvia, caught fire—and that night made it clear that in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, and Warsaw, for a month and a half...
Russian science finds itself in a situation where the path to grants, indices, and professional recognition can simultaneously become a road to prison. The sentencing of two Siberian physicists has highlighted...
The small business registry has reached a new all-time high, but behind the growth figure lies not entrepreneurial activity, but a survival strategy: businesses are fragmenting to meet tax thresholds, going into...
When the Bank of Russia raised its key rate to a historic 21% in December 2024, it began to treat an overheating economy without understanding which sectors were actually overheating, and in...
This article covers the history of American nuclear weapons deployment in Europe, beginning in the 1950s, when the United States deployed its munitions to NATO countries to deter the Soviet threat. It describes...
In the fifth year of the war, Moscow discovers for the first time that its main strategic asset – European energy exports – has ceased to be strategic and has become a burden that...
Russians spend nearly 500 billion rubles annually on tutoring. This enormous sum clearly highlights the flaws in the planning of the Russian Federation's educational policy...
Just a quarter of a century ago, everything seemed clear and understandable. Democracy was considered the best political system, capitalism the best economic system, and the most developed countries were those that combined both...
After a drone strike, Azov businesses chipped in for their own "Dome"—costing 811 million rubles. This episode became the first visible sign of corporate anti-drone defense, which had quietly been...
The 2026 budgets of Russia and Ukraine answer not the question of "who will win," but rather the far more unpleasant question of "what will another year like this cost both societies?"
Without exaggeration, the year's biggest film, "The Kid," directed by Andrei Simonov, has hit theaters. Much has been made about the special operation and Donbas, but such a poignant and high-quality film hasn't been seen in a long time.