Conflict & Security | 2026-04-03
Smoke and arrows: A viral map distorting the Baltic threat
A map showing Russian attack corridors into the Baltic states went viral, but the graphic was old, the sourcing was fake, and the real threat looks nothing like the arrows.
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Ukraine is stretching the kill zone and Russia can't keep up
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Bureaucratically blocked: Russia's drone victims are on their own
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Russia records decade-high corruption amid secrecy surge
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How Kremlin's kids earned 10 billion rubles from the war
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Russia's new military bill alarms former Soviet states
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Kramatorsk: The city that won't break
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Poland opens a legal front against Russia over the Soviet past Warsaw is filing a landmark reparations claim against Moscow, and its architects say it's designed to do something bigger than collect a check.
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Even at war, Ukraine still offers migrants a shot Millions fled the fighting. Some migrants are moving in the opposite direction, and economists say Ukraine needs many more of them.
Society | 2026-03-24
Russia opens a new front -- in Siberia's barnyards
How a secret government decree stripped Siberian farmers of their herds and their faith in the state.
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From ban to stockpile: Poland restores mines to its arsenal
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Moldova cuts ties with Moscow-led bloc, charts course for EU
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Mariupol lives on in Lviv
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The Arctic Russia can't keep populated
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Russia made Arctic science a treasonable offense
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If Russians love Putin, why fine the youth?
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Russia's battlefield robots go dark
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Crimea's teenagers are done with Russia
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What Russia's referendum in Crimea actually looked like
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From Karabash to Hollywood: Russian school videographer wins Oscar for anti-Kremlin film
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Ukraine turns its drone nightmare into a global export
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Ukraine's AI drones are coming to Poland
How long can Russian society sustain the war's economic and human costs?
Society | 2026-03-16
The Kremlin's phone checks are everywhere now
A counter-terrorism measure has spread from Moscow's metro to transit hubs across Russia, and civil liberties advocates are watching closely.
Society | 2026-03-12
No good deed goes unpunished in Putin's Russia
Society | 2026-03-11
Russia spends record sums burying its war dead
Justice | 2026-03-05