Putin’s paranoia Escalates, placing family member in top Defense Position
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Putin’s paranoia Escalates, placing family member in top Defense Position

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Vladimir Putin has elevated members of his extended family to senior government posts, underscoring his reliance on personal loyalty as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its fourth year and sanctions tighten around the economy. Anna Tsivileva, the daughter of Putin’s cousin, was appointed deputy defense minister in June 2024 and promoted weeks later to the additional post of ministry state secretary —

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Putin’s Allies in the AfD Now Leading German Polls
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Putin’s Allies in the AfD Now Leading German Polls

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The pro-Russian Alternative for Germany (AfD) has, for the first time, overtaken Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU in the polls. According to INSA, the AfD now leads the Union. As the party gains momentum, Germany’s foreign policy risks tilting toward Moscow, diverging from the EU’s unified stance, and complicating its role in NATO and the collective response to Russian aggression. Alles für Deutschland (‘Everything for Germany’) was once a Nazi rallying cry.

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Czechia prepares to fall into Putin’s world as Prague sets to elect pro-Russian kleptocrat
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Czechia prepares to fall into Putin’s world as Prague sets to elect pro-Russian kleptocrat

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Czech politics has taken a disturbing turn, as former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš positions himself once again at the center of power, despite mounting criticism of his increasingly pro-Russian posture. For many observers, his rise reflects not only personal ambition but a troubling amnesia within Czech society — a willingness to forget nearly half a century of subjugation under Moscow’s rule.

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Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President
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Trump’s Retreat in Alaska: How Putin Played the American President

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In his column “Trump’s U-Turn” for Vot Tak, Vitaly Portnikov offers a searing analysis of Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. His argument is clear: the encounter demonstrated not strength or diplomacy, but a collapse of Western unity and another successful manipulation by the Kremlin. Reading Portnikov, one is struck not only by the sharpness of his critique, but by the accuracy with which he dissects Trump’s political weaknesses.

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Trump seeks to Gift Putin Lands Russia Cant Seize on the Battlefield
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Trump seeks to Gift Putin Lands Russia Cant Seize on the Battlefield

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President Trump appears to have been drawn into another Kremlin trap — one that would grant Vladimir Putin not just the territories Russian forces currently occupy, but regions they have failed to conquer and cannot take militarily. These areas, heavily fortified and defended at enormous cost by Ukrainian forces, remain out of Moscow’s reach. For Mr. Putin, the only viable path to securing them now runs through the White House. Mr. Trump is expected to meet the Russian leader in Alaska on Aug.

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Russia Begins Withholding Key Economic Data Amid Kremlin Pressure to Mask Downturn
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Russia Begins Withholding Key Economic Data Amid Kremlin Pressure to Mask Downturn

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In another shift toward opacity, Russia’s federal statistics agency, Rosstat, has begun withholding key economic indicators for June and the first half of 2025— shortly after President Vladimir Putin ordered officials to “in no case allow an economic downturn.” Analysts at PSB, a major Russian bank, were among the first to notice the sudden absence of critical data from Rosstat’s latest publications.

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Putin’s Pipeline to Budapest: The Oil Trader Linking Russian Oligarchs to Orbán’s Inner Circle
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Putin’s Pipeline to Budapest: The Oil Trader Linking Russian Oligarchs to Orbán’s Inner Circle

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With Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s poll numbers plunging and opposition forces gaining ground ahead of next year’s election, his regime appears to be doubling down on its most reliable ally: Vladimir Putin. A new investigation by IStories has exposed the financial architecture behind this political alliance—tracing billions of dollars in Russian oil flows to a secretive company called Normeston Trading, which has enriched allies of both Putin and Orbán.

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Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire
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Panic among Moscow’s Elite As Putin Moves to Seize Tycoon’s Empire

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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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