Putin ramps up wartime propaganda;
Gaming Moscow's munitions;
How Russia's economy weathered the past year;
Another military reshuffle in Moscow

Ukraine braces for a new offensive;
Russia seeks an alternative in the Americas...
...And formulates an answer to the west's price cap;
Moscow conspires to keep its new territories weak

The West targets Russian oil…
...as Moscow mulls a workaround;
Putin health rumors swirl;
Knowledge declines in Russia

An olive branch to Moscow;
More signs of domestic discontent;
What Russian elites think about the war now;
Legalizing war crimes

Russia's war on Ukrainian education;
Another Kremlin critic jailed;
Russia's far right eyes future targets
Taking the fight to Wagner;
A helping hand from Capetown?;
Viktor Bouts' second act