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Expanding the war at sea, Ukraine attacks two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tankers off the Turkish coast

Moscow has accused Ukraine of “violating Turkish sovereignty” after recent attacks on tankers carrying Russian oil. Naval ...
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Would a ‘drone wall’ solve the E.U.’s Russian incursion problem? German military expert Frank Sauer is skeptical.

Europe is stepping up its preparations for a possible war with Russia. Debates over how to strengthen the continent’s defenses intensified starting in mid-September, when roughly 20 Russian drones ...
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Ukrainian political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko explains what Yermak’s resignation means for Zelensky and the peace process

On November 28, Ukrainian authorities searched the home of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and the country’s chief negotiator in the peace process, as part of a corruption ...
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Former Kremlin deputy chief of staff reportedly wrote Putin letter condemning war in Ukraine before his resignation in September

Former Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin condemning Moscow’s war ...
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Putin’s new national policy strategy targets ‘foreign meddling’ and aims to have 95 percent of citizens share a ‘Russian civic identity’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out Russia’s new “national policy strategy” through 2036.
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‘We will achieve this by military means.’ Putin calls Trump’s peace plan a ‘basis’ for future talks — and then demands Ukraine surrender territory.

The Trump administration has laid out a possible “basis” for a peace deal with Ukraine, but signing an agreement with the ...
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Ukrainian anti-corruption agents search home of Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak

Officers from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) ...
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What do the Witkoff–Ushakov and Ushakov–Dmitriev transcripts reveal about U.S.–Russian negotiations? Who leaked them — and why?

On 5, Bloomberg published an explosive report containing transcripts of two phone calls: one between top Kremlin advisers ...
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Leaked calls between Steve Witkoff and Putin’s advisers raise new questions about Trump’s ‘peace plan.’ Here’s how the world is reacting.

On 5, Bloomberg published transcripts of two phone calls involving Yuri Ushakov, a top aide to the Russian president — one ...
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‘Run and hide all you want’: The online group harassing and threatening LGBTQ Russians in the E.U.

In 2025, the Telegram channels of multiple Russian LGBTQ+ organizations came under coordinated cyberattacks. Tens ...
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New investigation reveals the Russian Red Cross is expanding operations in occupied Ukraine as its international funding grows

In 2024, Meduza published a joint investigation as part of the Kremlin Leaks project that revealed the activities of the ...
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‘Georgians will not accept autocracy’: Former defense minister and diplomat Vasil Sikharulidze reflects on Georgia’s year-long political crisis

Protesters in Georgia have been taking to the streets for 364 straight days. On October 26, thousands joined ...