The price of coal on the world market continues downward, exacerbating the already catastrophic situation within the industry that comprises 7.4% of Russia’s total exports.
Russia’s Coal Industry Faces Record Losses as Governor Warns of “Survival Crisis” Read Post »
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 Automobile Dealers Association (ROAD) Alexei Podshchekoldin. “Some will last another two or three months, someone will last up to six months.
60% of Russia’s car dealerships facing imminent bankruptcy Read Post »
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.
Ukraine is now on track to completely destroy russia’s oil industry Read Post »
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.
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 the country’s entire refining capacity. Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery has ceased operations following two Ukrainian drone attacks this week.
Ukraine destroys 5% of Russia’s total refinery capacity in only two nights of strikes Read Post »
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 Russia’s military bloggers.
Russians can no longer defend against the scale of Ukraine’s drone attacks Read Post »
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” set adrift approximately 20 kilometers off the coast of the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The vessel, carrying about 99,000 tons of oil, is now being towed by authorities eastward with three tugboats as a precautionary measure.
Russia continues to weaponize it’s shadow tanker fleet Read Post »
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 over Moscow’s attempts to sow division and destabilize democratic processes in European nations.
Polish authorities catch Russian GRU running a disinformation factory Read Post »
