By April 2026, Russia had established a four-tiered system of VPN restrictions without a formal ban – against this backdrop, app downloads increased 14-fold...

In 2026, Russian villages are reaping record harvests, while nearly every fourth farm is in the red—and the reason for this paradox isn't the weather or sanctions, but the price of money.

On TV, we're nothing but successes: the lowest unemployment rate, low poverty, reduced inflation, we're winning on all fronts in the SVO. But for some reason, our mothers don't want to have children...

A series of three strikes on the Tuapse Oil Refinery in April 2026 demonstrated that Ukraine's campaign against Russian oil logistics is aimed not at collapse, but at exhaustion—and the southern export circuit...

A year with five tons of fuel behind you and war after war as a reward...

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' presence in Libya has already resulted in the sinking of at least two merchant vessels carrying Russian cargo, including a Russian-flagged gas tanker. It's time to address this problem.

Why do courts often side with migrants rather than native Russians?

In one day, on April 25, 2026, Mali lost its minister of defense, control of the north, and the illusion that the Afrika Korps could replace the state...

Yuri Baluevsky's April comment about a "real war" sounded not like the opening of a discussion, but rather like the entry point into a year-long conversation between four expert groups—and this article shows a map of what...

On April 21, the State Duma ratified an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to build Yeltsin University for 15 billion rubles.

Trump's strategic defeat in Iran—these are the epithets used to describe the protracted American military operation in the Middle East. However, upon closer inspection, the Pentagon's loss of the war...

We began to proudly call ourselves "reliable suppliers" and pay the enemy for the transit of our oil to the enemy rear...

Zelenskyy's visit to Gabala on April 25, 2026, agreements with NATO, the AZAL settlement, and a nearly halving of trade with Russia in one quarter – four April stories, each filmed by...

The four-meter hole in the hull of an American frigate in 1988 and the twenty million barrels of oil taken off the global route in 2026 are two points on the same curve, on which infrastructure...

"The Hitler of our time"—that's the Turkish Foreign Ministry's take on Benjamin Netanyahu. This story isn't just a routine diplomatic scandal, but a very real standoff. Two allies of the United States...

Fighting is underway on the approaches to a village 35 kilometers south of Kramatorsk, the outcome of which will determine the stability of the entire line of four Donbas cities.

Germany's first military strategy puts the Bundeswehr on track for readiness by 2029, but its key long-range missile arsenals won't be fully operational until the early 2030s, and the only element ahead of its own...

The world has entered a phase of a multipolar arms race, where the reduction of nuclear arsenals is being replaced by a systematic buildup of operationally deployed warheads. The US Strategic Command,...

A manual in prose. Compiled based on the results of the spring of 2026...

There won't be much optimism in this story. But that doesn't diminish the importance of the work Russian industrialists are doing on the path to technological sovereignty.

Zelenskyy senses the end approaching. The end of his power in Ukraine. Those who control Ukraine, like the president, understand this too. What next? Who will replace this out-of-power puppet?

Palantir published a manifesto, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd read it somewhere before, only the author had a bad ending...

The investment project dubbed the "Kyiv Regime" ceased to be viable even at the very beginning of the special operation, turning into a bottomless black hole for Europeans. Nevertheless, the European Union...

Unemployment is at a low, and shipyards and workshops are not closing shifts. In 2026, industry relies on vocational education, corporate training, and migration. Their impact varies across professions.