Business Insider reports the plunge in Russia’s oil revenues when Russia can least afford it, just as US sanctions hit: Russia’s vital oil and gas revenues tumbled 27% in October from a year earlier, data from the Finance Ministry show — a sharp blow to...
French fishing nets, Pexels license, photo by SlimMars 13 The Guardian reports: Old French fishing nets defend Ukraine: The lifespan of a deep-sea net is between 12 and 24 months, after which they become worn and beyond repair. Until now, the estimated 800 tonnes of...
Chris Snow at Medium observes: Much propaganda surrounds Pokrovsk. Russia has been trying to conquer the town since July of 2024. Russia will likely achieve their strategic objective soon, but at what cost? Wars of attrition are not won by capturing cities. They are...
The UK Sun reports that several hundred protestors in St. Petersburg gathered to demand the removal of the tyrant Putin. Excerpt: HUNDREDS of Russians have taken to the streets of St. Petersburg calling for Vladimir Putin to be ousted from the Kremlin. A massive...
From Foreign Affairs, ALEXANDRA PROKOPENKO is a Fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. She worked at Russia’s central bank until early 2022, provides an expose of the cracks in Russia’s war economy. There are now two views of Russia’s economy....
