Former prisoner: Putin's regime will invariably collapse;
Moscow and Beijing collude on European espionage...;
...As Russia stirs up trouble in Britain;
The true cost of the Ukraine war, continued

Russia’s demographic crisis continues;
Surging drone production...;
...Gets a helping hand from Beijing;
Moscow incentivizes criminal enlistment...;
...And fields a "grandpa" army;
Viktor Bout is back - and helping Moscow meddle in the Mideast

Thinking creatively about penalizing Russia;
Trouble in the Russian oil trade;
Moscow meddles in Armenia;
Russia is running out of resources

A quid pro quo for Tehran: nuclear assistance;
A tussle over Tbilisi's political direction;
A scandal in Chisinau;
Moscow's ominous new nuclear doctrine

A step forward for the Kremlin in Africa;
The limits of Turkish support;
NATO beefs up arctic defenses against Russia;
Russia counterattacks in Kursk;
How Russian education is suffering