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Editorial· No. 1258

EDITORIAL: Russia's September Elections — A Farce That Reveals Everything About Wartime Russia

On June 28, 2026, United Russia, Vladimir Putin's party, announced its lead candidates for the legislative elections scheduled in September 2026. At the top…

Analysis· No. 1254

ANALYSIS: The EU votes unanimously for the first time since March 2025 — and sends a message to Moscow

On June 18 and 19, 2026, European Union heads of state and government convened in Brussels for a European Council that had all the…

Analysis· No. 1252

ANALYSIS: Putin Admits Fuel Shortages — Russia's Economic Fracture Accelerates

On June 28, 2026, at the United Russia party congress, President Vladimir Putin officially acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refinery infrastructure were causing…

Analysis· No. 1250

FACT-CHECK: Putin admits fuel shortages — verifying the facts of June 28, 2026

On June 28, 2026, at the congress of the United Russia party, President Vladimir Putin publicly addressed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refining infrastructure and…

Note· No. 1248

OPINION: 80% of Russians Expect the Crisis — Putin Won the War and Lost His Country

On June 25, 2026, Ukrainska Pravda published the findings of a survey that should be required reading in every European foreign ministry: 80% of…

Reportage· No. 1245

NARRATIVE: 1,395,790 Russian soldiers — the death counter that never stops

On June 24, 2026, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published its daily report on Russian losses. The cumulative figure since…

Reportage· No. 1244

REPORT: Ukrainian grain for Shahed drones — the network bypassing sanctions

Between September 2025 and March 2026, ships left Turkish ports loaded with Ukrainian grain. Official destination: Iran. Real destination, according to an investigation by…

Profile· No. 1241

PROFILE: KAB glide bombs, Russia's guided munitions devastating Pokrovsk — portrait of a terror weapon

The KAB — from the Russian Korrektiruyemaya Aviabomba, meaning "correctable aerial bomb" — is the weapon that has come to define Russia's air campaign…

Column· No. 1240

COLUMN: Seven Years for Two Tweets — Putin's Russia Devours Its Last Opponents

On June 24, 2026, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow delivered its verdict: Maxim Kruglov, 39 years old, vice-chairman of the liberal opposition party…

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