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QUICK TAKE: Peskov defends press freedom for RT France; the Kremlin holds 36 journalists
There is a list in Brussels. On September 24, 2026, the Council of the European Union adds a name to it, the 81st: Xenia…
ANALYSIS: Moscow claims 592 drones intercepted, Rostov counts a refinery shut down
Five hundred ninety-two. On the morning of September 25, Russia’s Defence Ministry publishes its overnight count. Between 8 p.m. on the 24th and 8…
ANALYSIS: The Kremlin’s party holds 349 seats, and its first job is taxes
One party, one number, and a chamber almost full. Despite the millions of votes independent analysts consider suspect, the Central Election Commission signed off…
OPINION: The Kremlin says yes to a meeting and no to a pause, and Kyiv pays the difference
A meeting with no pause isn’t a negotiation. It’s a calendar you fill in while the other side keeps striking.
INVESTIGATION: Russia's FSB Erases 4 Ukrainian Regions' Border on Paper — But the Line Won't Move an Inch
Not an assault, not an ultimatum, not a televised proclamation from the Kremlin. Two draft administrative orders, quietly filed on August 13 on Russia's…
ANALYSIS: 313 Votes, a 20th Extension — Ukraine Keeps Waiting to Vote for a Peace Moscow Refuses
313 votes to approve the presidential decree extending martial law by 90 days — in force at 5:30 a.m. on August 2, running until…
REPORT: One Year Past the August 18 Ultimatum, Ukraine's Moscow-Linked Church Is Still Waiting for a Verdict
At midnight on August 18, 2025, the deadline expired that the Ukrainian state had set for the country's largest religious structure to prove, documents…
ANALYSIS: 800 drones over Russia in one night — the sanction that flies has replaced the one still waiting
More than eight hundred drones, in a single night, August 14 to 15. The number does not come from Kyiv — it comes from…
