More military growth;
A helping hand for the Taliban...;
...Augurs growing influence for Moscow;
Crimea in the crosshairs...;
...As Russia rethinks basing

Putin's quest for immortality... fuels speculative science;
Some deterrent messaging from NATO;
Ukraine strikes at the heart of Russian naval power...;
...And targets Russian oil refineries;
The economic strains of the Ukraine war continue to mount

An armed anti-regime movement emerges in Russia...;
...While Putin's support continues to slip...;
...And the Russian president does damage control;
Russia's hybrid assault on Europe

Russia stepping up drone production;
How Russia tricked thousands of Africans;
Obscuring regional statistics;
Russia's problematic new human rights commissioner

Moscow eyes OPEC after the UAE;
Putin retreats to the bunker;
Moscow fuels post-Assad Syria;
Russia's migrant recruitment pipeline