Society | 2026-03-09
Russian pensioners turn to soup kitchen as war economy stutters
Rising prices and shrinking pensions are pushing Russia's elderly toward charity kitchens once unthinkable in major cities.
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Russia moves to criminalize diaspora silence
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London and Oslo move to lock down NATO's northern flank
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From balloons to bridges, Lithuania fortifies against Russia and Belarus
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The middlemen of mobilization
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With 80,000 missing, Ukrainians abroad turn to DNA for answers
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Ukrainian POW returns home after being declared dead and buried
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Ukraine's information campaign puts faces on Russia's war losses By publishing detailed records of Russian casualties, a Kyiv-linked project aims to shape public perception of the war's cost.
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Russia turns universities into drone war recruitment hubs Facing manpower shortages, the Kremlin is pressuring students with contracts, cash incentives and few realistic ways out.
Politics | 2026-02-25
Russia gives Putin sole authority to cut off communications nationwide
A new law lets the Kremlin shut down internet, phones, and mail on presidential order -- no reason required.
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Russia moves to block Telegram -- and exposes its own battlefield weakness
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Energy crisis redraws Kyiv's small-business map
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Four years, half a million dead, and Moscow still calls it victory
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Russia pours billions into chips -- but can't catch up
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Russian bill targets 'wrong' views
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Neutrality isn't funny: Why Russia banned comedian Nurlan Saburov
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Mariupol after the siege: One survivor's journey from ruins to exile
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Russia sets a global internet shutdown anti-record
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From six months to forever: Russia's mobilized troops confront a war without end
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Still enrolled, never met: Student life in wartime Ukraine
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The hackers who tried to freeze Poland
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Russian troops say they're funding their own war
Who do you trust most to report accurately on events in the former Soviet space?
Politics | 2026-02-17
Moscow eyes Ukraine's mineral riches as war economy strains
Officials in Moscow are reviving rare earth and lithium exploration in seized Ukrainian territory, as Kyiv warns the push is aimed at shoring up Russia's war finances.
Society | 2026-02-12
Poland powers Kyiv through winter's darkest hours
Society | 2026-02-09
