A carve-out for Tokyo on Russian crude;
The real possibility of a wider war;
Sanctions flip Russia's tech strategy on its head;
Moscow turns to E-summons;
Navalny's condition deteriorates further

Wagner fighters win their freedom;
Deepening Russo-Iranian economic ties;
The Chechens make contingency plans;
Russian arms trade with India impacted;
More grim evidence of military brutality...;
...And battlefield missteps

Not so quiet on the Eastern front;
Russia's deadbeat defense ministry;
Russia helps Iran deepen domestic repression;
A new draft by other means;
Putin's new foreign policy concept

Russian in name only;
How Wagner is pressuring Europe;
Battening down the hatches;
Wagner targets Russia's schools;
Russia's legacy weapons become relevant again;
Domestic resistance to Putin ramps up

Coercing workers to come back;
Sparing the urban elites...;
...and conscripting the Tatars;
Seeking an "army with an ideology";
Paying for military progress