Восстание релокантов
Владимир Путин набрал меньше половины голосов на зарубежных участках в 42 странах. На прошлых выборах он победил везде

В этом году, по официальным данным, проголосовали за других кандидатов или сделали бюллетень недействительным 104 тысячи избирателей за рубежом — это 28%. На 42 участках из 288 больше голосов набрал другой кандидат.
В целом поддержка Владимира Путина на выборах за рубежом, по официальным данным, упала с 85% до 72% по сравнению с 2018 годом.

Road from Damascus
Why Moscow is scaling back its presence in Qamishli, a key military facility in northeastern Syria

Heir abhorrent
A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans

Flag fall
Ukraine is looking increasingly like the victor in the battle for Kupyansk

Fresh blood
What Zelensky’s appointment of Ukraine’s former military intelligence head as his chief of staff could signal for the country

Stolen youth
How Russia made young people’s lives worse in 2025

The war across Russia
Drone strikes on Russia’s regions reached record levels this year, with an average of 11 crashing or striking their targets daily

Remorseless
The killer of Novaya Gazeta’s Anastasia Baburova has been freed into a country that’s more aligned with her worldview than ever

Moscow’s minions
A new pro-Kremlin bloc is taking shape in the European Parliament
Double whammy
Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?


