Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Ukraine war economy is hitting a breaking point. A Financial Times–cited study shows arms ...

After nearly four years of fiscal overreach caused by injecting trillions of rubles into the Russian economy, the Kremlin can ...

Russia’s war machine runs on money, and Ukraine is cutting off its fuel at the source. A devastating drone strike has wiped ...

An online bazaar of freelance headhunters finds new recruits to fight Ukraine, emboldening Vladimir Putin at the negotiating ...

For the first two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China presented itself as an independent arbiter. In 2023 it even proposed a 12-point peace plan that was mainly commerce-orientated.

Facing sanctions, soaring inflation and labour shortages, Russia is relying on one of the oldest and most stable commodities ...

Europe is stalling efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, even as it vows to keep funding Kyiv’s war machine. At talks in ...

Dozens of oil tankers in Russia’s “shadow fleet” will be hit by Australian sanctions as the federal government announces its ...

Geopolitical strategist Velina Tchakarova warns that China is now embedded in Russia’s drone war economy, linking the Ukraine ...

Every time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don’t go anywhere,” said Donald Trump, after his latest peace initiative, this time in Ukraine, once again ran into the mud ...

A view shows a petrol station of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft in Moscow on Jan. 13, 2025. A view shows a petrol station of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft in Moscow on Jan. 13, 2025.