Vladimir Putin’s grip on Europe is slipping — and the next blow may come from one of his oldest allies. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, long seen as the Kremlin’s most reliable friend inside the European Union, is facing a potential political reckoning.
New Polling Data Predicts Devastating losses for Hungary’s Russian-Backed Orbán Regime Read Post »
Adding to the pressure of Israeli strikes on Iran’s key defense and energy assets, the regime is now facing increasing troubles from growing protests across more than 150 cities. The regime’s outlook isn’t being helped by statements and actions of a US president that seems increasingly intent on attaching himself to Israel’s operation. Having discarded the “no more wars” philosophy that now seems only to be applicable regarding Russia, President Donald Trump is now moving the U.S.
Disolving into chaos, Iran’s domestic situation begins to unravel Read Post »
On the night of June 11, 2025, Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out coordinated strikes against Russian military targets, including a renewed attack on the Tambov Powder Plant, an ammunition depot of the 106th Airborne Division in Kursk, and a warehouse at Buturlinovka airfield in Voronezh. The strikes were confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia’s extractive industries are in deep crisis, according to new data from the Russian state statistical agency Rosstat. In February and March 2025, the country’s oil, gas, and coal sectors recorded catastrophic losses, marking the most severe collapse in industrial profitability since the invasion of Ukraine began. The numbers are unambiguous. The total profit from Russia’s mining sector fell -61% year-on-year in February, followed by a staggering -89% drop in March.
Russia’s Oil, Gas, and Coal Sectors Enter Freefall as Losses Accelerate Read Post »
If this week’s Russian oil exports data is an indication, it appears that Ukraine’s allies had the power to turn off Putin’s cash machine all along. Russia’s oil export system is now under severe pressure, with a dramatic -29% weekly drop in crude shipments signaling a new stage in the unraveling of the Kremlin’s war economy.
A former classmate of Vladimir Putin at the elite Andropov Institute of the KGB has described the Russian president as an insecure, underqualified man whose obsession with his short stature and lack of ability shaped both his career and his leadership style. In an interview with Gordonua, ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets said Putin was “literally tormented” by how short he was, developing what Shvets called a visible inferiority complex.
A Russian drone attack on the northern Ukrainian town of Pryluky, Chernihiv region, has killed the wife, daughter, and infant grandson of a local fire department chief, Ukrainian officials confirmed Wednesday. The firefighter was responding to earlier strikes across the city when a Shahed drone hit his home, reducing it to rubble. Among the victims was 25-year-old Daryna Shyhyda, a patrol police officer. Her one-year-old son and mother were also killed in the blast.
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In Russia, dying has never been more affordable—or more humiliating. Cardboard coffins, once reserved for unclaimed bodies and stray dogs, are now flying off the shelves. According to funeral directors quoted in Lenta.ru and other Russian outlets, up to 50% of all burials in some regions now use cardboard boxes instead of traditional wooden caskets. “We never used to offer them unless someone specifically asked,” admitted one undertaker. “Now people come in and ask for cardboard first.
