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

Moscow recruits Africans... and others;
Belarussian prisoners forced to aid Russia's war;
Kremlin claims plot against Putin's spiritual advisor;
Kremlin worries about social cohesion;
Russia sources most ammunition from North Korea

Venezuela's Maduro seeks support... in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran;
Waning enthusiasm for the Ukraine war;
Russia green lights nuclear tests;
Poland plans to train civilians;
A growing domestic threat