Russia

Ukraine’s capabilities are growing. It’s not just the attacks on the strategic forces at Ryazan and Engels. Now we have another forty kilometers inside the border. Here is the report: The video shows the consequences of an attack on a military unit in Klyntsy, Bryansk region. It seems that the…

Contrary to what the Kremlin says, a missile defense system is de-escalation — As predictable as a broken clock is right twice a day, Moscow has expressed extreme displeasure with the U.S. decision to provide a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. “On December 13, the intention of the United States to provide Ukraine with a Patriot anti-missile defense battery was announced. Previously, many…

The partisan actions inside Russia and Ukraine continue on an unprecedent scale. Since mid November, the situation seems to get out of control for Putin. The recent attacks on the Angarsk oil refinery are an especially devastating blow against the most vital part of the Russian economy. Russian authorities continue…

Reliable information is one of the first, most enduring casualties of war. — Can you smell the confidence in the air? There is a palpable sense that with recent victories scored by Ukraine’s military, they will eventually win. I’ve seen it in the news. I’ve seen it in the blogosphere. I’ve seen it on Twitter. Our confidence doesn’t match the uncertainties of this…

It has been a couple of months since Putin chose to annex further territory and stage sham referenda in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. On paper, these annexations mean nothing. They are entirely illegal and undemocratic. Even Iran failed to recognize them at the time they were held. Former allies…

Told to pay a $32 million, he did and and they slammed the door shut on him — Please meet August Meyer. He is the skinny fellow in the photo above giving a history lesson to a judge. Taken earlier this year, before the war, August was in court requesting to be placed under house arrest. In Russian courts, the defendants are held in cages. In this photo…

Russia’s response to this news will be — ah, who cares?! — What will Moscow think? Let’s all thrust the middle finger into the air: who cares? Maybe it’s not a rational reaction and maybe it is true that I am a “dolt,” as one not-so-bright reader recently called me because I had a hearty belly laugh over Russia’s collapsing society. Maybe…