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NOTE: The Kremlin and the diplomacy of waiting, the tally one week on
Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russia to take concrete diplomatic steps to end the war, according to NPR on June 18, 2026, a statement that…
FACT CHECK: Revisiting Yaroslavl in flames, what the numbers confirm
The Yaroslavl refinery suffered a direct strike followed by a fire in late March 2026, according to CNN on March 28, 2026, an event…
PORTRAIT: Tuapse, the context we so often forget
The Tuapse refinery, on the shores of the Black Sea, has been hit four times since March 2026, according to a count by the…
COLUMN: Putin faces his own price cap, between rhetoric and reality
Vladimir Putin signed, on June 26, 2026, a decree extending until the end of 2027 a Russian mechanism presented as a response to Western…
EDITORIAL: Russia's shadow fleet, a maritime empire under Ukrainian fire
Ukrainian forces claimed strikes on 21 vessels linked to the Russian shadow fleet in 72 hours in early July 2026, according to Fox News…
INVESTIGATION: The ruble of war, what Western observers take away from it
Russia's 2026 budget counts on oil and gas revenue of 8.9 trillion rubles, according to The Moscow Times on October 28, 2025.
REPORT: Omsk shut down, a strategic reading of Russia's largest refinery
The Omsk refinery, Russia's largest with 21 million tons of annual capacity, suspended processing after a drone strike, according to Reuters on July 7,…
DECODING: The state of play on Pyongyang, the quiet supplier of Russia's war
There is a number that, since it was published, has been circulating without really being absorbed by the public: 29,488 munitions containers are reported…
ANALYSIS: Russia's shell industry, one month on, a cold read
A number surfaced at the end of February 2026 and has barely left the conversation among military analysts since: Russian shell production is now…