From transport operators to construction firms, several sectors have reported mounting financial pressure amid sanctions, labour shortages and soaring military expenditure. Although the Kremlin maintains that Russia has adapted to Western restrictions,

The Kremlin is waging a campaign of sabotage and subversion against Ukraine’s allies in the West

Y OU WOULD have thought that, after four bloody years, a war which neither side can win would have burnt itself out. But not the war in Ukraine. And the blame lies with one man.

Russia’s war economy has sputtered to a grinding halt. New economic data reveals that Russia’s GDP expansion rate slid from 4.9 per cent in 2024 to 1 per cent in 2025, and projections indicate that

Russia is selling a story of inevitable victory and future profit. The facts tell a different story—of strain, attrition, and vulnerability.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to deliver a blunt message to the West and to his own troops: Russia is not backing down in Ukraine. As 2026 arrived in Russia’s far eastern regions, Putin vowed victory in the nearly four ...

The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is near its fourth anniversary. Peace talks are stuck on the issue of territory.

Putin’s war of choice against Ukraine was once a popular enterprise. But there are now clear signs that domestic support is softening as the conflict's material, human and reputational costs continue to mount. Just how widespread is domestic support for ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia is advancing on all fronts in Ukraine and showed no sign of conciliation at the start of his annual press event. Putin highlighted battles in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk, but Ukraine disputes his claims and says it ...

Industrial chemicals have been produced on the banks of the River Elbe outside the city of Wittenberg for more than a century, from the Kaiser era through wars, Communism and the chaotic collapse of East Germany.