Russia’s fuel shortages have now reached the capital, a striking sign of strain in what has long been a pillar of the Kremlin’s economic strength. Drivers in Moscow and Saratov are facing an acute lack of AI-95 gasoline, one of the country’s most widely used high-octane fuels, according to Russian media. At numerous filling stations in both cities, AI-95 has disappeared entirely.
Vladimir Putin’s government has launched an aggressive campaign to nationalize the assets of Konstantin Strukov, one of Russia’s richest men and the owner of the country’s largest gold mining company. The move marks a sharp escalation in the Kremlin’s efforts to extract wealth from within its own elite as the financial toll of the war in Ukraine deepens.
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Iran launched a direct strike on U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Monday, firing missiles at American bases in Qatar just hours after its top diplomat met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The attack marks a dangerous escalation in the ongoing confrontation between Iran, the United States, and Israel—and raises urgent questions about Tehran’s growing alignment with Moscow. The strikes targeted the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses thousands of U.S.
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Adding another headache to Putin’s growing list of potential catastrophes this week were protests in Russia’s Altai Kra region, where residents have taken to the streets in demonstration against desperate poverty and growing authoritarian control imposed by oligarchs. The protesters are voicing strong opposition to proposed changes in the constitution aimed at undermining local governance and autonomy. A local activist estimated that approximately 4,000 people participated in the protest.
The Kremlin held its “Forum of the Future 2050” in Moscow — an event framed as a forward-looking international conference but in practice built to launder war propaganda through imported Western voices. Dozens of fringe commentators, conspiracy theorists, and political opportunists from the U.S. and Europe were flown in, many reportedly paid, to parrot Kremlin narratives and offer a façade of international legitimacy to Vladimir Putin’s regime. Among the most notable participants: Alex Jones –
A passenger train traveling the Klimov–Moscow route slammed into the ruins of a collapsed bridge at full speed. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, this was not a lightning-quick accident. Local residents quickly alerted emergency services. A truck driver trapped in the debris was rescued and hospitalized. But 30 minutes later, at 22:50, a passenger train — fully loaded with civilians — barreled into the collapsed structure at full speed.
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In a large-scale overnight drone attack, Ukraine targeted military production facilities near Moscow, key production centers for the Kremlin’s war machine. Russian authorities claimed to have intercepted 296 drones, including 19 targeting Moscow, in what they admitted was one of the largest attacks since their illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In a move equal parts nostalgic, absurd, deeply political, and hilarious, Vladimir Putin has revived the Intervision Song Contest, a long-defunct Soviet alternative to Eurovision, in what appears to be a last-ditch attempt to remain culturally relevant on the global stage.
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