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Editorial· No. 5501

EDITORIAL: Two hours of diesel for sanctions, Donald Trump’s bad bargain

A tanker. Forty thousand tons. Russian diesel. Bound for New York. Enough to cover barely two hours of American demand, analyst Ieva Miyares calculates.

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OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel
Opinion· No. 5496

OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel

Researchers at the windows. A jump. On September 28, a Russian strike hits the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Scientists jump out of…

EDITORIAL: It's Not the Taxes. It's What We Get for Them.
Editorial· No. 5494

EDITORIAL: It's Not the Taxes. It's What We Get for Them.

You hear it every election cycle, in every tavern, in every comment section. And it is not false. The question was never whether we…

EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv
Editorial· No. 5492

EDITORIAL: Putin wants a final deal and signs it with 21 missiles on Kyiv

Putin wants a final deal. He said so on television. Not a short pause. A full settlement. Nothing less.

OPINION: A tanker of Russian diesel sails for New York, and Kyiv pays the bill
Opinion· No. 5491

OPINION: A tanker of Russian diesel sails for New York, and Kyiv pays the bill

The tanker is called Agioi Fanendes. Maltese flag. Greek operator. It left Primorsk on the night of October 22 to 23.

QUICK TAKE: Netanyahu promises the biggest operation since 1967, four days before the vote
Note· No. 5488

QUICK TAKE: Netanyahu promises the biggest operation since 1967, four days before the vote

It was 7:15 a.m. A junction north of Hebron. Two armed men open fire. On an army checkpoint.

COMMENTARY: Washington bans Wall Street from buying homes, and Wall Street had already left
Commentary· No. 5487

COMMENTARY: Washington bans Wall Street from buying homes, and Wall Street had already left

Starting January 7, 2027, a large investor will no longer be able to buy a single-family home.

REVIEW: $5,000 if you vote right, zero if not, Trump’s campaign puts a price on the ballot
Review· No. 5486

REVIEW: $5,000 if you vote right, zero if not, Trump’s campaign puts a price on the ballot

Five thousand dollars. For every American adult. If Republicans keep the House and the Senate. Otherwise, nothing. The president says so himself.

EDITORIAL: Peskov names the “price” Ukraine will pay. Arm its sky before Putin’s spring
Editorial· No. 5479

EDITORIAL: Peskov names the “price” Ukraine will pay. Arm its sky before Putin’s spring

On September 28, speaking in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov warned that Ukraine would have to “pay a price for the actions that have taken place…

OPINION: Why Warsaw is right to shoot down what comes from Russia on the radar’s word
Opinion· No. 5477

OPINION: Why Warsaw is right to shoot down what comes from Russia on the radar’s word

A Russian military helicopter spent 42 seconds in Polish skies on September 23, north of Braniewo, and nobody fired.

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