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DECODING: The Kremlin Swears Macroeconomic Stability — the Numbers Tell a Different Story
On June 23, 2026, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov delivered a sentence that economists received with measured skepticism: the Russian economy "maintains macroeconomic stability" despite…
NARRATIVE: Russia Listed Alongside ISIS and Al-Qaeda for Crimes Against Ukrainian Children
There are words that, repeated long enough, eventually lose their weight. We must not let that happen to this one: for the fourth consecutive…
DECODING: Russia's war economy — exhausted but not yet broken, says Kiel Institute
The report by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy published in June 2026 sums up the state of Russia's economy in a phrase…
REPORT: The Kremlin threatens any state that touches frozen Russian assets in Europe
On June 24, 2026, as Europe was discussing new ways to use the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to fund aid to Ukraine,…
PROFILE: Crimea besieged — portrait of a peninsula collapsing under drones
There are moments when an administrative act tells a war better than any military report. On June 26, 2026, the pro-Russian authorities installed in…
INVESTIGATION: Anchorage phantom summit — Rubio vs. the Russian lie
For several weeks in June 2026, a strange diplomatic dance has been playing out between Washington and Moscow. Russia claims that "agreements" were reached…
TESTIMONY: Ukraine glide-bombs Russia — in pairs, exactly as Russia did for three years
For three years, Russia pounded Ukraine with glide bombs — KABs of various calibers dropped by Su-34s and Su-30s flying in paired formations, with…
NARRATIVE: Donbas Textbooks — Russia rewrites history in Ukraine's occupied schools
On June 23, 2026, Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov announced that the Russian government would introduce unified textbooks on the history of Donbas and…
FACT-CHECK: Russian security services want to cancel the Duma elections — what we actually know
Since the spring of 2026, a rumor has been circulating through the corridors of the Kremlin: Russian security service officials reportedly suggested to Vladimir…