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Recruitment for the War Against Ukraine Is Devastating the Economy of russia’s Provinces

To keep up with the recruitment pace relentlessly demanded by the kremlin “elite”, the constituent entities of the federation are forced to increase payments not only to the contract soldiers themselves but also to the intermediaries who recruit them. In the first four months of the year, the regions spent at least 3.2 billion rubles on recruiter fees – about 75% of last year’s total.

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Belgium Is Reforming the State Security Service

The government explains the reorganization as a result of implementing the recommendations of the parliamentary commission investigating terrorist attacks, the integration of the National Security Agency into the VSSE, and the need to unify the status of operational personnel and analysts.

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While russia’s Banks Are Downsizing Their Networks, russians Are Downsizing Their Deposits

Since the beginning of the year, 1,370 bank branches have closed in russia. If this pace continues, the number could exceed 2,000 by the end of the year. On average, banks are closing 196 branches per day – twice as many as last year. “sberbank” has closed the most branches: about 540, or nearly 40% of the total.

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The kremlin Is Preparing Not to Win the Elections, but to Stage a Victory

russian authorities no longer expect a maximum result and are trying to ensure a controlled and sufficiently plausible outcome. The tools are predictable: administrative resources, personalizing the campaign around putin, war rhetoric, and social promises.

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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Antonio Tajani has announced a new aid package for Ukraine. “We will continue to work to maintain maximum pressure on moscow,” he stated.

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China Has Become the Main External Pillar of russia’s Economy

In 2024, trade between the two countries reached $244.8 billion. China became the largest buyer of russian oil and a key supplier of components for the military industrial complex. According to the USCC, in 2026, China accounted for about 90% of the technologies whose supply to the rf is restricted by sanctions.

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russia Has Lost Its Ability to Maintain Its Previous Pace of Recruitment for the War

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has noted a number of distinctive peculiarities of this year’s campaign to recruit contract soldiers for the armed forces of the rf to participate in combat operations against Ukraine.

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russia Losing Grain Exports: the Shutdown of Ports Will Cost moscow Billions

The price decline has already spread beyond the southern regions: in the central part of the country, grain prices fell by about 8%, in the volga region – by 3%, and the cost of road transportation to deep-water ports dropped by 10.4%, to 12,000 rubles per ton.

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russians Are Becoming “Unhappier” with Life in the Country with Each Passing Day

russia’s “happiness index” is plummeting. Last month, it fell by 9 points – to its lowest level since 2011. The percentage of respondents who consider themselves unequivocally “unhappy” reached 9%, which is also a sort of a record high since measurements began.