ISW Russia Researchers Jessica Sobieski and Jennie Olmsted told RBC-Ukraine what to expect on the front line by the end of this year, what Russia may be planning, the risks for Ukraine in 2026, and whether Moscow is ready to end the war. In Moscow ...

Military capability of Western alliance remains ‘formidable’ even without US commitment, as Putin warns Russia is ‘ready’ to fight a war with Europe

Russia escalates hybrid attacks across Europe, threatening infrastructure, civilians, NATO.

Low oil prices, a global glut of crude, a strong ruble, and sanctions are all weighing on Russia’s oil and gas revenues. As a result, oil and gas accounted for a record-low share of the federal budget’s income in 2025,

In the midst of Russian attacks plunging Ukrainians into cold and darkness, Mr Solovyov, appearing on his programme 'The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov', launched an attack on NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who on February 3 visited Ukraine and told the war-torn nation to "stay strong".

Many reports of problems at Russia's UVZ tank factory from open sources suggest that it may be producing far fewer tanks than some analysts believe.

In the fourth year of its full-scale war against Ukraine, the Kremlin further escalated the crackdown on Russian civil society, targeting critics both inside the country and in exile, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026.

About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War II,

Russia has confirmed a new round of talks with Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and Thursday, after a scheduling delay. Negotiations, focused on territory, come just weeks before the four-

After February 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his so-called special military operation—a full-scale invasion of Ukraine—the popularity of George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian novel about a totalitarian regime built on mass ...