Blogs

Ukraine now spends €80 million a night defending itself. This opinion revisits the 2019 decision to drop $12B in claims against Gazprom — and asks what that choice really cost.

As talks on ending the war continue, Ukraine faces a deeper threat: corruption tracked by Western intelligence, crypto myths exposed, and officials vulnerable to blackmail — turning looting into a national security risk.

Dialogue with Putin is futile, critics argue, as Kremlin threats, blackmail and aggression persist — meaning peace talks risk legitimizing Russian demands without delivering real security for Ukraine.

Russian political migrants often assume Putin’s death will magically usher in democracy — but deep political realities suggest this belief is deeply flawed and oversimplified.

During Russia’s occupation of Kherson, a woman wrote a deeply personal letter to her brother describing fear, resistance, and hope — a powerful glimpse into life under occupation.

A Ukrainian historian turned soldier writes a raw, powerful letter from the front lines about cramped conditions, loss, and the resolve to keep fighting — not surrender.

Rustem Adagamov, one of the most popular independent bloggers in Russia known under nickname drugoi is on a Russian federal wanted list RBK reports.

Mr. Khodorkovsky, a former oil-company chief who crossed Mr. Putin and ended up in jail for a decade before his release last year, said he plans to use his “Open Russia” movement to push for a constitutional conference that would shift power away from the Russian presidency and toward the legislature and judiciary.