Putin's Neo-Soviet penal system;
A new ally for Putin in the Eurozone?;
A helping hand from Pyongyang...;
...Reshuffles the Ukrainian battlefield...;
...And spurs a rethink in Seoul

A new Russian means of subversion;
A grim deficit;
Russia's new, "patriotic" textbooks;
How Russia subverted Georgia

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