Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Russian regions drowning in debt — the hidden face of an economy sacrificed at the front
There is the Russia of the propagandists — the Russia of military parades on Red Square, of hypersonic missiles and Vladimir Putin's triumphant speeches.…
ANALYSIS: Russian bonds collapse — the debt market has already condemned the Kremlin's war
There are truths that missiles cannot tell, realities that Kremlin communiqués cannot mask, and verdicts that only money delivers with implacable coldness. The Russian…
COMMENTARY: Four to Five Trillion Extra Rubles: Moscow Is Burning Its Future to Hold the Front
Four to five trillion additional rubles. Let us take a moment to let this figure resonate in all its excess. According to Bloomberg, relayed…
DECODING: Structural Exhaustion: What the Kiel Institute Report Really Says About Russia's Economy
The Kiel Institute (IfW Kiel) is one of the most respected and widely cited economic institutes in Europe. Founded in 1914, it has earned…
ANALYSIS: Eighty Billion in Deficit: The Deadly Arithmetic of Putin's War
On June 23, 2026, United24 Media reported that Russia's budget deficit had exceeded 80 billion dollars, despite Kremlin declarations of stability. This figure is…
EDITORIAL: If Putin Tests Article 5: Why a Baltic State Could Become the Spark for Everything
There are questions that diplomats carefully avoid voicing, not because they are absurd, but precisely because they are too serious to formulate without consequences.…
COMMENTARY: Latvia Sounds the Alarm: Drones and Missiles, Russia's Hybrid War Is Already at Our Door
There are truths that only those who live the threat directly have the courage to speak. Latvia, a country of 1.8 million people on…
INVESTIGATION: Kaliningrad, Forward Base: What Russia's Baltic Strike Rehearsals Reveal
On June 21, 2026, NATO surveillance radars once again registered the familiar and unsettling activity coming out of Kaliningrad's skies. Su-24M tactical bombers of…
ANALYSIS: Baltic Provocation: The Scenario Every NATO Commander Dreads This Summer
There are signals that diplomats and military officers send through official communiqués, carefully weighed statements, and calculated announcements. And then there are different signals…