Russia just lost a multibillion-dollar income stream
Even while at war, Ukraine piped Russian gas to Europe. Moscow earned an estimated $5 billion in 2024, while Ukraine raked in ...
Vladimir Putin’s wobbly empire gives US a path to stifle Russia’s threats
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end ...
Azerbaijani anger over plane crash grows, in deepening schism with Russia
In the crash’s aftermath, Azerbaijan has unleashed rare and stinging criticism of Russia, with the country’s president saying ...
Moldova grapples with the fallout of Russia's hybrid warfare
Moldova has not received any gas from Russia since Jan. 1, aleaving many homes uncomfortably cold. This hits the pro-Russian ...
UK bills could rise - as Europe's gas consumption falls by 'unprecedented' amount
Europe's gas consumption has fallen by an unprecedented amount without being supplemented from elsewhere after Russia's ...
Russia's economy faces a demographic disaster and risks seeing its population reduced by half by the end of this century, think tank says
"Putin's government has not evinced visible concern that Russia's population might be cut in half by century's end," an ...
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Tehran’s Proxies Are on the Back Foot. An Iran-Russia Defense Pact Could Revive Them.
Under the proposed “comprehensive strategic partnership” between Moscow and Tehran, we are likely to see the Iran-Russia ...
Opinion - Assad’s fall is an opportunity for a US win over China
Trump may believe that Syria is “not our fight,” but the competition with China is very much ours and will undoubtedly be a ...
Austrian chancellor quits as coalition talks collapse
The collapse underscores the difficulty of forming stable governments in Europe, where the far right is on the rise, but many ...
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Ukraine Quarterly Digest: October–December 2024
On December 18, Zelensky met with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte in Brussels to discuss enhancing air defense for Ukraine ...
Russia claims capture of Ukrainian front-line town
Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region. The town has borne the brunt of Russian advances in recent months and is a ...