A combination of a rapidly slowing economy and excessively high interest rates has effectively killed the Russian auto industry, with industry leaders calling for government bailouts. Around 60% of Russia’s car dealers now face bankruptcy if government fails to step in with large scale bailouts of the industry, according to the head of the Russian […]
A summary of Ukraine’s January strikes on Russia’s oil industry, the Achilles Heel of the Russian terrorist state. In terms of Ukraine’s strikes on Russian territory, January 2025 was the month that the gloves finally came off. With Ukraine’s homegrown defense sector now rivaling any western nation and seemingly no US, German or French politician
With initial efforts aimed at swinging upcoming German elections and discrediting Ukraine, Russia’s “Doppelganger” influence operations have expanded to the BlueSky social media platform. It took the Russians a while to get around to it, but they’ve finally begun running their disinformation operations on social media platform BlueSky. On January 17, 2025, over 100 German-language
The third largest refinery in Russia is offline after only two nights of Ukrainian drone strikes, an amount representing 5% of the country’s overaall capacity. Russian air defenses are now seemingly unable to cope with the increasing scale of Ukraine’s nightly drone barrages, as only two nights of strikes were sufficient to destroy 5% of
Popular Russian Telegram channels complain that Ukrainian drones are destroying assets that are vital for the russian economy, “Now, the rising frequency and scale of these strikes are impossible to overlook. The consequences are evident every night.” Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian territory has now surpassed Russian air defenses’ ability to defend it, according to
Another member of Russia’s shadow tanker fleet is weaponized off the coast of Germany, set adrift, loaded with 99,000 tons of crude oil. Only two weeks after a Russian oil tanker was arrested by Finnish police for cutting key undersea cables, Russia again weaponizes it’s “shadow tanker” fleet with the now disabled oil tanker “Eventin”
Poland is now the primary focus of Russia’s extensive disinformation apparatus, aimed at sowing chaos and division at every level of society. Polish authorities have identified another Russian group directed by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, in what officials describe as a calculated effort to influence Poland’s upcoming elections. This discovery highlights ongoing concerns
Transnistria has less than two weeks of gas before Moscow needs to make big decisions. Let the colony go or pay hundreds of millions to keep it within Putin’s grip. Another domino seems ready to fall in the slow motion collapse of Putin’s empire.. Since 1993, Russia has been militarily occupying a long stretch of
Russian-backed dictatorships can usually rely on Putin to help suppress dissent, but with Russians already busy in Ukraine, Belarus now has a chance. In yet another sign that Putin’s USSR 2.0 is set for the garbage bin of history, the increasingly paranoic Belarusian dictator today announced intention to use military against his own citizens in
Russia is militarily acquiring some of the most mineral rich territories on earth with intent to monopolize and restrict western access, while China uses less dramatic tactics for similar goals. As Russia continues it’s slow motion takeover of mineral rich nations in Africa and equally rich territory in Ukraine, China is increasingly doing their part
