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

Another casualty of Russia's war;
Putin swells the size of Russia's military...;
...And updates its nuclear posture

Nationalist sentiment, regional divisions resurface;
Russia's youth rage against the war machine;
Nervous in Norway;
Europe draws a red line...;
...As Moscow leans into its alliance with Tehran

In Russia, the war narrative is changing...;
...As revolt simmers in the ranks;
Another "undesirable," this time with a familiar name;

Still more Soviet nostalgia;
Moscow keeps fathers at the front...;
...And goes after deserters;
A haven from Western "wokeness"

Cracks in Russia's fiscal facade;
Russian soldiers eye the exits;
Ukraine's new offensive…;
…And its immediate impact;
No room for non-Russians;
Russian profits, Kyiv's gain

How Russia is covering up its war losses;
Hard times for Moscow's mercs in Africa;
Russia's modern exiles

The Houthis take aim at Moscow;
Sino-Russian cooperation in the South China Sea… and beyond;
Medvedev warns against Ukraine's NATO membership;
The cost of Russian crypto-mining