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    Not only Russia. How populists destroy the greatness of the West
    Oct04

    Not only Russia. How populists destroy the greatness of the West

    The full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine has caused significant geopolitical changes. New contours of a world divided into a conditional free democratic West and a predominantly authoritarian South have become more expressive and clear. Against the backdrop of global-scale threats, cooperation and coordination have intensified among...

    “Cross out the sympathy for Russia”: why the West cannot recognize the genocide in Ukraine
    Sep13

    “Cross out the sympathy for Russia”: why the West cannot recognize the genocide in Ukraine

    The United Nations International Commission once again did not find evidence of genocide in Ukraine. This has sparked outrage in Kyiv. Experts have explained why it is important for Ukraine to have Western recognition of the genocide during the war. The United Nations International Commission tasked with investigating violations in Ukraine, as...

    “Putin is doomed to hope for an escalation in the war,” — Professor Oreshkin
    Sep11

    “Putin is doomed to hope for an escalation in the war,” — Professor Oreshkin

    Russian political analyst in exile, Dmitry Oreshkin, in an interview with the host of the Studio West program, Antin Borkovsky, on the Espreso TV channel, discussed the strength of Putin’s regime and the prospects of a general uprising. The Kremlin is preparing for a scenario of a long war. The scenario is not simple, and it involves a...

    Russia was predicted to experience a 30% drop in oil production and a 15% decrease in GDP, but this did not happen. What went wrong?
    Sep08

    Russia was predicted to experience a 30% drop in oil production and a 15% decrease in GDP, but this did not happen. What went wrong?

    March 2022. The harshest sanctions in history against Russia are being discussed in the government offices of many countries. With each new package of restrictions, the forecasts for the Kremlin looked increasingly bleak. Russia was predicted to have a 30% drop in oil production, a 15% decrease in GDP, and a decrease in imports of up to 50%....

    Money at the expense of blood. How an inconspicuous Polish company took away a billion dollars from the Ukrainian army
    Sep05

    Money at the expense of blood. How an inconspicuous Polish company took away a billion dollars from the Ukrainian army

    April 2022. A little over a week has passed since the Ukrainian Armed Forces pushed Russian troops away from Kyiv and drove them out of the Kyiv region. But there was no certainty that Russian troops wouldn’t attempt to storm the capital again. Entry points into Kyiv and beyond were blocked by concrete slabs and sandbags. At most...

    Wings and eyes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. How Ukraine started producing drones and what prevented it from doing so earlier
    Sep04

    Wings and eyes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. How Ukraine started producing drones and what prevented it from doing so earlier

    What drones are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, what the government and businesses are doing to scale up production and procurement of UAVs, and how drones have become a key component of 21st-century warfare — read more in the material by RBC-Ukraine. In October 2021, Ukrainian military personnel used the Turkish drone Bayraktar on the...