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ANALYSIS: Russian GDP Contracts — -0.2% and the Illusion of War-Fuelled Growth
In May 2026, the world learned what economists and pro-Ukraine analysts had been expecting for months: the Russian economy has officially contracted. -0.2% in…
PROFILE: Mark Rutte, the Man Holding NATO Together Against Trump
There is one image that captures the state of the Atlantic Alliance in 2026 better than any other: a man in a quietly tailored…
INVESTIGATION: The SVR Accuses Latvia — Is Moscow Manufacturing a War Pretext?
On May 18–19, 2026, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service — the SVR — publicly declared that Ukrainian drone operators had been deployed in Latvian military…
EDITORIAL: 40% of the Russian Budget for War — A Country Sacrificed on Putin's Altar
Some figures do not lie. When a state devotes 40% of all its public spending to war and security, that is no longer a…
ANALYSIS: Russia +5 Trillion Rubles for War — The Bet of an Economy at Breaking Point
Imagine a country that spends 46% of its federal budget in a single quarter on its military and security forces, while its revenues cover…
COMMENTARY: Why Russia Cannot Stop Ukrainian Drones
Every week since the start of 2026, the same images repeat: columns of smoke over Russian cities, refineries on fire, air-raid sirens in the…
DECODING: 210 Strikes in May, 28 on Oil — The Arithmetic of the Deep-Strike Campaign
There are moments when military figures are not mere data points — they tell a strategy. 210 confirmed intermediate strikes in May 2026, 145…
ANALYSIS: S-300 Missile Shortage — Russia's Air Defense Cracking Under Sanctions
There is something deeply ironic about the Russian air defense debacle of 2026. Russia nominally possesses one of the most sophisticated air defense systems…
REPORT: BALTOPS 2026: 20 Warships and 6,000 Sailors to Hold the Baltic
On June 4, 2026, the Polish port of Gdynia, in the Bay of Gdańsk, watched an armada leave that the Baltic Sea had not…