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NARRATIVE: Russia buys fuel abroad — how Ukraine wins the economic war
For three years, Russia projected the image of an energy superpower immune to Western pressure — a country that floated on its
COLUMN: Indium and rare earths — Beijing tightens its grip on the minerals that run the world
In June 2026, amid the noise of the Sino-American trade war over semiconductors and blacklists, a little-known metal entered the conflict: indium.
FACT-CHECK: Trump, 5% of GDP and NATO blackmail — what the numbers actually say
With the NATO Ankara summit only weeks away, statements are multiplying, figures are contradicting one another, and disinformation threatens to cloud the
ANALYSIS: BIOSECURE Act — Trump encircles Chinese biotechs linked to Iran
In June 2026, the Trump administration crossed a decisive threshold in the economic war against China: WuXi AppTec, a Chinese giant in
OPINION: Russia Running Dry — Ukrainian Drones Create Shortages in 53 Russian Regions
We have long been told that sanctions were not biting, that Russia was holding, that the Russian war economy was resilient. In
INVESTIGATION: Russia's Economy Under Bombs and Sanctions — The Cracks Are Widening
On June 20, 2026, the Bank of Russia cut its key rate from 14.5% to 14.25% — a reduction of only 25
PROFILE: Putin facing the mirror — he admits Ukraine's impact and denies his own economy
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin spoke words that no one in his circle would have imagined hearing eighteen months earlier. He
ANALYSIS: Moscow's Kapotnya refinery offline until 2027 — Ukraine strikes at the heart of Russia's war economy
On June 16 and 18, 2026, Ukraine struck the Kapotnya refinery — Moscow's largest — with a precision and persistence that left
INVESTIGATION: NORINCO IN PARIS, THE DRAGON SELLS ITS ASSEMBLY LINE TO THE MIDDLE EAST
This may be the most unsettling scene from the fortnight that the defense world staged in Paris in June 2026. At the heart of…