Politics | 2026-05-13
Kyrgyzstan's de-Russification drive tests its balancing act between Moscow and the West
Kyrgyzstan has pledged to replace every Russian-era place name by 2027 -- a sovereignty push unfolding alongside intensifying Western scrutiny of its ties to Moscow.
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Russia's Supreme Court deleted 20 years of crime data
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Russia leaves dying Crimean prisoners behind bars
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No tanks at Russia's Victory Day parade for first time since 2007
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Kremlin moves to ban VPNs for citizens, spends $4 million on VPNs for itself
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From Russia's orbit to Europe's doorstep: Armenia makes its move
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Russia's Mali retreat puts its African model in question
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No fleet, no problem: How Ukraine rewrote naval warfare Ukraine entered this war without a navy. What it built instead is now a model for how modern maritime conflict works.
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Russia's military has a criminal infection Violent convicts recruited to fight in Ukraine brought the gulag's hierarchy with them, and the Russian military can't stop them.
Society | 2026-05-04
Russia puts combat veterans on urban patrol duty
Society | 2026-05-01
The Kremlin is losing Russians over the internet
Society | 2026-05-01
Why foreigners keep coming to Ukraine -- even as bombs fall
While millions fled Ukraine, a different group made the opposite choice, and they're not leaving.
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Freeze, expand or grind on: Russia's three-track war strategy
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Poland clamps down on eastern border aviation after Russian drones
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Warsaw is going underground
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Russia's Black Sea Fleet has nowhere left to run
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Ukraine targets the backbone of Russia's oil industry
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Russians feel they have nothing left to lose amid internet crackdown
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Ukrainians are rewriting their cultural calendar
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Russia has 1.6 million Ukrainian children. US funded the search
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Parades in poison: The cover-up behind Chernobyl's deadliest days
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The Chernobyl self-settlers: The last residents of a radioactive zone
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The drone war that runs on glass
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Finland wants agents who can think like Russia
Russia's internet crackdown is already underway. What happens next?
Technology | 2026-04-22
Russia teaches citizens to accept permission-based internet
Russia is blocking the internet and replacing it -- one approved website at a time.
