NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: 30-hour Easter truce, air raid on Kyiv, revolt of Russian ‘refusers’ in Krasnodar26 April 2025
NewsHigh-level CIA official’s 21-year-old son killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russian army25 April 2025
NewsRussian-controlled court in occupied Ukraine hands first prison term to Colombian national for serving in Ukrainian army24 April 2025
News“Objectives achieved, all targets hit”: Russia’s MoD confirms deadly strike on Ukraine that killed 12 in Kyiv, including two children24 April 2025
NewsRussian Foreign Ministry upgrades the Taliban’s diplomatic representation, prepares to receive its ambassador in Moscow24 April 2025
NewsSyria’s new leader confirms Russia refused to hand over Bashar al-Assad after he fled to Moscow23 April 2025
NewsRussia celebrates Trump’s first 100 days in office with academic conferences — and a new history curriculum23 April 2025
News525 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been sentenced in Russia since the group was banned as “extremist” in 201722 April 2025
NewsDutch intelligence service says the Netherlands is in a gray zone between peace and war, accuses Russia of cyberattacks and sabotage22 April 2025
NewsRussia’s Ministry of Justice names journalist as first member of fictional “international LGBT public movement”21 April 2025
NewsKyrgyz state bank connected to fugitive Moldovan oligarch suspected of sanctions evasion21 April 2025
NewsRussia’s Matryoshka disinfo network targets Moldova, bots accuse President Maia Sandu of corruption and repression21 April 2025
NewsCustoms data reveals Russian defense companies using Israeli-made cutting tools routed through third countries21 April 2025
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Battles near Kursk border, “motocross season” near Pokrovsk, drone strikes directed from Moscow high-rise19 April 2025
NewsRussian academic fakes his way to Nobel-level citation index, creates global plagiarism market for scientific papers19 April 2025
NewsMoscow court finds The Insider’s Anastasia Mikhaylova guilty of involvement with an “undesirable” organization 18 April 2025
NewsRussia is swamped with sexual slavery cases, but law enforcement masks them with other charges17 April 2025
NewsPutin’s favorite TV anchor exposed as citizen of Montenegro and Honduras who spends most of her time abroad17 April 2025
NewsPutin tells family of hostages to thank Hamas for “humanitarian act” of release, says father’s murder “shouldn’t be discussed now”17 April 2025
AntifakeOrbán aide falsely claims Ukraine’s EU entry will cost €2.5 trillion — 12 times the bloc’s annual budget17 April 2025The Insider
NewsSerbia hands hundreds of passports to Russian elites tied to invasion of Ukraine, giving them access to the EU 16 April 2025
NewsNorth Korea is now supplying nearly half of Russia’s artillery ammunition, think tank reports15 April 2025
AntifakeRussia’s MoD falsely claims Palm Sunday strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian military command meeting15 April 2025The Insider
NewsKremlin-run media publishes — then deletes — video showing drone operators directing strikes in Ukraine from Moscow residential high-rise15 April 2025
NewsRussian Defense Ministry confirms missile attack on Sumy that killed over 30 people, including children14 April 2025
SOCIETYScorched earth protest: Russia’s environmental activists are plowing on despite repression14 April 2025The Insider
NewsWeekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Chinese soldiers captured in Ukraine, Russian forces advance in Sumy, fighting continues in Belgorod12 April 2025
NewsIStories investigation IDs at least 51 Chinese citizens who applied to join the Russian army at a Moscow recruitment center 11 April 2025
NewsEstonia seizes unregistered Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker operating under fake Djibouti flag11 April 2025
NewsLondon court hands down first sentence for violating Russia sanctions, former “governor” of occupied Sevastopol given 3-year prison term11 April 2025
NewsBallet dancer Ksenia Karelina, jailed over $50 donation to Ukraine, freed in Russia-U.S. prisoner swap10 April 2025
AntifakeRussia’s Channel One parrots false Daily Mail story of a UK city being “overrun with rats the size of cats” amid garbage collector strike9 April 2025The Insider
NewsRussian disinfo campaign claims Ukrainian oligarchs hid billions in aid money on remote “penguin islands” hit by Trump tariffs8 April 2025