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REPORT: Crimea Runs Dry — Ukrainian Strikes Strangle Russian Logistics
In the night of June 20 to 21, 2026, the streets of Sevastopol went dark. Pro-Kremlin governor Mikhail Razvozhayev ordered the shutdown of streetlights…

EDITORIAL: AI Models Are Strategic Weapons — Welcome to the Digital Iron Curtain
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce sent a letter to Anthropic's headquarters: two language models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, had…

OPEN LETTER: To you, the Europeans paying the bill for the Iran war
According to data published by Bloomberg on June 26, 2026, inflation in the eurozone may have reached 3.0% in June — a first slowdown…

EDITORIAL: The Big Beautiful Bill at 51-49 — the Senate on the Trumpian razor's edge
Late in the night of Saturday June 28, 2026, after a vote held open for more than four hours in a tension that gripped…

COMMENTARY: Meta versus Brussels over WhatsApp — the duel redefining the AI market
On June 9, 2026, the European Commission adopted a historic interim measures decision: it ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for competing…

DECODING: Kapotnya offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes Russia's war economy
In the night of June 17 to 18, 2026, a wave of Ukrainian drones struck Moscow in the largest attack of this kind since…

DECODING: Trump holds housing hostage — Washington's master extortionist
On June 24, 2026, minutes before a carefully orchestrated signing ceremony at the Capitol, President Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social that…

INVESTIGATION: Hormuz, the naval powers reclaim their destiny
The Strait of Hormuz, that maritime choke point barely 33 kilometers wide at its narrowest, concentrates nearly 20% of the world's oil within its…

PROFILE: Volodymyr Zelensky in 2026 — the President Who Turned Drones into War Diplomacy
In the night of June 26, 2026, 660 Ukrainian drones took off toward Russia. Twelve Russian regions were targeted simultaneously. 47 aircraft were intercepted…