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COMMENTARY: Russia's oil price cap, extended into 2027
Vladimir Putin signed, on June 26, 2026 according to Interfax, a decree extending until the end of 2027 Russia's countermeasure mechanism against the 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…
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…
COMMENTARY: Russia Bans Its Diesel Exports, the Questions Few Are Asking
On July 8, 2026, Reuters confirmed that a Russian deputy prime minister had just announced a ban on diesel exports for the entire month…
EDITORIAL: Simferopol in the Dark, a Week Later, the Reckoning
A week after the strike that plunged Simferopol into darkness, it is time to take stock of what this attack actually changed, beyond the…
COMMENTARY: A Status Check on Russia's Shadow Fleet
In seventy-two hours, in early July 2026, Ukraine claimed strikes against 21 vessels, including 19 tankers, near occupied Crimea, according to reporting by Fox…
EDITORIAL: Why Omsk Going Offline Matters More Than It Looks
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery, Russia's largest, in what Reuters and CNBC described the following day as the deepest…
EDITORIAL: Russia's shell industry, 17 times pre-war output
Seven million shells a year, seventeen times the pre-invasion level: however cold this figure looks on paper, it actually measures the depth of an…
COMMENTARY: Why Ukraine's Missile Shield Matters More Than It Seems
German defense group Hensoldt announced, according to The Atlantic on July 17, 2026, a joint project with Fire Point to develop an anti-ballistic system,…