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COMMENTARY: Nine thousand five hundred freed: the last channel between Kyiv and Moscow
More than 9,500 Ukrainians freed since 2022. 76 exchanges completed. The latest, on June 26, 2026, saw 160 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians return home.…
REPORT: One hundred and sixty returned: the 76th Kyiv–Moscow prisoner exchange
In the relentless flow of war news, certain events deserve a pause. On June 26, 2026, Ukraine and Russia completed their 76th prisoner of…
ANALYSIS: Anchorage, Istanbul, MFA: the Kremlin's three maximalist mantras
There is a constant in Vladimir Putin's diplomacy since the start of the full-scale war: the objectives have never changed, only the vocabulary adapts…
DECODING: Istanbul 2022: why Putin's peace is capitulation
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia was "ready to negotiate" with Ukraine — on the basis of the Istanbul agreements of…
REPORT: Russian regions in debt: the hidden cost of Putin's war
Since 2022, the Kremlin's official narrative has not shifted an inch: the Russian economy is robust, Western sanctions are a failure, Russia is doing…
ANALYSIS: Oil embargo: why the Baltics are pressing a too-slow EU
Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania share direct or very close borders with Russia and its militarized extension, Belarus. These three EU and NATO member nations…
EDITORIAL: Twenty-first package: Europe must stop bargaining
Since February 24, 2022, the European Union has stacked twenty sanctions packages against Russia. Twenty packages, twenty rounds of negotiations, twenty repetitions of the…
COMMENTARY: Russian bonds collapse — the market has condemned the war
You can lie to your citizens. You can lie to the press. You can lie to ambassadors and international organizations. But you cannot lie…
OPINION: Four to five trillion rubles more — Moscow burns its future
Allow me to begin with a number that should shock more than it does in Western media: Russia will increase its military spending by…