NewsIranian oil tycoon, son of advisor to Ayatollah Khamenei, facilitates weapons shipments to Russia via the Caspian Sea, Bloomberg reports24 December 2024
NewsMoscow court sentences Russian-born U.S. citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage24 December 2024
NewsRussian vessel Ursa Major sinks in Mediterranean, reportedly while en route to withdraw military assets from Syria24 December 2024
NewsFrench-British satellite operator broadcasts Kremlin propaganda and military recruitment ads to Russia and occupied Ukraine23 December 2024
NewsSlovak prime minister visits Kremlin to discuss Zelensky’s rejection of Russian gas transit23 December 2024
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: North Korean troops storm Ukrainian positions in Kursk, Russia attempts to create a “pocket” in Kurakhove21 December 2024
NewsRussian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues20 December 2024
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NewsRussia’s Rosatom uses equipment from its “Chinese friends” in place of German-made Siemens systems for nuclear power plant project in Turkey19 December 2024
AntifakeA botched debut: Russian propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov tries his hand at debunking fakes19 December 2024The Insider
NewsPoland sentences Russian hockey player to three years in prison for espionage, deportation set for mid-202518 December 2024
NewsRussia’s Black Sea beaches flooded with oil from two wrecked tankers as Greenpeace points to rising risks from Moscow’s “shadow fleet”18 December 2024
News“Narrow misses” with the enemy and battles with bushes: A closer look at Kadyrov’s troops as Putin hands their leader yet another award17 December 2024
NewsProsecution requests terms of over 5 years in prison for Alexei Navalny’s lawyers on charges of alleged “extremism”17 December 2024
POLITICSInvestigations by The Insider laid the groundwork for EU sanctions against Kremlin saboteurs, propagandists, and smugglers16 December 2024The Insider
NewsNew EU sanctions target spies, saboteurs, and other organizers of the Kremlin’s hybrid operations exposed by The Insider16 December 2024
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Russian Armed Forces slow down in Ukraine, AFU “pocket” near Kurakhove eliminated, new ATACMS strike14 December 2024
NewsFake AI versions of world-renowned academics are spreading claims that Ukraine should surrender to Russia13 December 2024
NewsWar crimes, a symphony orchestra, and one smoking aircraft carrier: A look back at nine years of Russian intervention in Syria12 December 2024
NewsHidden cameras illegally recorded Alexei Navalny’s confidential meetings with his lawyers in prison, and the footage was sent to his team10 December 2024
NewsLukashenko pardoning prisoners is an attempt to play nice with the West amid growing repression, says Belarusian minister-in-exile10 December 2024
NewsRussian spy family convicted of espionage in Slovenia receives secret state decorations from Putin after return in August prisoner swap10 December 2024
NewsDutch authorities arrest Russian engineer over industrial espionage in microelectronics9 December 2024
NewsCompany linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Timchenko ranks among largest LNG exporters, Dossier reports9 December 2024
NewsRussian doctor faces charges for implanting shrapnel into soldiers to fake combat injuries — and receive government payouts9 December 2024
News“We were screwed over”: Russian propagandists fume over downfall of Assad regime in Syria9 December 2024
NewsRussian state media report Bashar al-Assad’s arrival in Moscow, granting of asylum8 December 2024
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Fighting near Pokrovsk, Russian forces encircling Kurakhove, Kherson becomes training ground for UAVs7 December 2024
NewsRussian court sentences participant in Jan. 2024 Bashkortostan mass protests to 5.5 years in prison6 December 2024
NewsChina is blocking supply of metals for U.S. microelectronics, but Middle Eastern monarchies offer a workaround6 December 2024
NewsU.S. congressional intelligence committee confirms The Insider’s findings on the “Havana Syndrome”5 December 2024
NewsGeorgian opposition exhausts legal methods of struggle: parliament paralyzed, only street protest ahead5 December 2024
NewsRomania’s Supreme Council of National Defense blames Russia for meddling in presidential election5 December 2024