United Russia secured another compliant State Duma through an orchestrated wartime vote, but buying five years of legislative obedience cannot shield the Kremlin from the economic costs of an unyielding conflict.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Kyiv’s massive drone barrage against Russian energy hubs exposes Moscow’s physical vulnerability, yet economic attrition alone cannot shatter the Kremlin’s political control in a protracted war.
By Tom Beckwith ·
As Ukrainian strikes struck Moscow during parliamentary voting, damaged oil infrastructure proved that Kremlin rhetoric cannot hide the structural costs of a grinding war coming home to the capital.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Ukraine's massive drone barrage hits the Russian capital and an oil refinery, exposing the hollow core of Washington's unenforceable ceasefire claims.
By Tom Beckwith ·