The EU strikes back...sort of;
A return to the Russian Empire as Cossacks fight in Ukraine;
Russia's massive war spending;
Europe's plan B

The Ukraine war's criminal veterans;
Russia's unguided hybrid war;
No love lost in Russia;
MI6 warns the west

Russia's intelligence failures in Ukraine;
Medvedev: EU loan would be a casus belli;
Moscow's tank plans;
An insider's look at Russia's military disarray;
Russia's mercenaries visit horrors on Africa

The campaign against Navalny's work continues;
Russia betrays its soldiers;
Putin distances himself from Maduro;
A new naval base in Sudan;
Moscow, Riyadh establish visa-free regime

An eye on Svalbard;
Moscow levels a new tech tax;
Still no drone defense in Europe;
Russian subversion targets Ukrainian teens