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The New York Times obtains a purported Russian plan to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, including by cutting electricity and heat supplies to three major cities by 90%

Russia plans to disable Ukraine’s entire energy system. Ukrainian authorities have obtained a Russian Defense Ministry document outlining the plan, The New York Times reported. Ukrainian Energy ...
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Parliamentary government and political competition are the oldest traditions in Russian politics. Where did they come from, and why did they disappear? Writer Mi…

It’s hard to believe today, but Rus’ had a parliament before Britain did and a woman with the political stature of a prime ...
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Russia decided to increase planned war spending for 2027 in response to Ukrainian strikes on refineries and warehouses, the newsletter Vlast reports

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and warehouses influenced Russia’s decision to increase planned military ...
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Boris Nemtsov’s daughter is now a ‘foreign agent’ in Russia. So are social media accounts run by Alexey Navalny’s team.

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of murdered politician Boris Nemtsov, and Team Navalny, a group of social media accounts run by Anti-Corruption Foundation staff, ...
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Russian political researcher Alexander Finiarel has lived in Spain without papers for two years. But soon he (and half a million other refugees) will be able to get documents ...

In 2026, Spain is granting legal status to large numbers of undocumented migrants. The authorities initially planned to grant status to about 500,000 people, but nearly 1.2 million applied. Russian ...