Chris Snow, at Medium, observes: 1.1) Oil and gas industry The oil shipped out of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk sold for 34 dollars per barrel at the end of 2025. The Pacific port of Primorsk sold its oil for 36 dollars per barrel. … Konstantin reports that...
Francesca Ebel at MSN reports: “I would never have signed a contract if I’d known what it’s like out there. Our television is lying to us,” said Fyodor, a young soldier from Siberia. Like others in this article, The Washington Post is not identifying him by his full...
The Institute for the Study of War analyzes Putin’s propaganda moves designed to fake the West into believing they are winning their invasion of Ukraine. Excerpt: Russian forces are conducting a new cognitive warfare campaign through limited cross-border...
Peter Zeihan provides unflinching insights on why Trump’s special envoy Witkoff is not and will not bring about a “peace” (end to the Russian invasion) deal. Excerpt: Ukraine and Russia peace talks are proceeding furiously, but going nowhere,...
Al Jazeera reports: Ukrainian military successes and Russian narratives clashed this week, as Moscow’s assertion of inevitable victory flew in the face of facts on the ground. Ukraine steadily took back control of almost all of its northern city of Kupiansk...