After initially playing a careful game of ambiguity on Ukraine, Kazakh authorities have in recent months started to more closely cooperate with Russian security services. We're seeing extraditions and arrests of Russians exiled in Kazakhstan––something Kazakhstan had largely refrained from doing
What is the future of Putin's "deathonomics" that has allowed Kremlin to keep the number of volunteers high, avoid mobilization and desensitize Russian society towards the war in Ukraine?
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Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating in the war if if indirectly.
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Tolyatti resident Polina Yevtushenko, 26, is sentenced to 14 years in prison. She was charged with spreading “fake news” about the military, insults against Vladimir Putin, inciting terrorism and preparing for treason for talking about the Ukrainian army with a resident of Samara Nikolai Komarov
Reprieve for India as US eases sanctions on Russian oil sales ft.trib.al/AqSpZED
Russia is main beneficiary of Iran war-fuelled spike in oil prices
• Rise in crude prices gives Kremlin breathing room after recent slump in oil revenues
• Yet Moscow could struggle to boost exports amid drone attacks in Black Sea ports & sea ice in Baltic terminals
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⭕️BREAKING: Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry has responded to an Iranian drone strike on Nakhchivan airport, stating that ‘these attacks will not go unanswered’.
🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/iran-reporte...
Report: Iranian missiles, drones fall nearby Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Airport - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-iranian-missiles-drones-fall-nearby-azerbaijans-nakhchivan
Trotz Kritik: Russland könnte auch einen Sturz des Mullah-Regimes verkraften, sagt SRF-Korrespondent Calum MacKenzie.
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/achse-teheran-moskau-so-blickt-russland-auf-den-krieg-gegen-seinen-verbuendeten
Für die Völkerrechtlerin Janina Dill ist klar: Der Angriff auf den Iran verstösst gegen internationales Recht.
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/krieg-im-iran-argumentationslinie-der-usa-ist-mit-voelkerrecht-nicht-vereinbar
The groupe Black Bird constate une perte de terrain ukrainien par les Russes en février 2026. C’est très modeste - 37 km2 - et ça ne veut pas forcément dire grand chose des dynamiques dans plusieurs secteurs. Mais c’est le premier mois négatif depuis novembre 2023.
Quite literally one of the Russian propaganda slogans btw.
Not implying it's borrowed, just that the mindset leading to this kind of reasoning is the same.
Trump‘s not-a-war „special military operation“
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#BBCNews - Russia soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops in Ukraine war executed on commanders' orders
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New: Drones are redrawing the map of war in Ukraine.
Relentless surveillance has pushed the battlefield 20km beyond the front, in both directions. Supplies arrive by drone; the wounded leave by robot.
This is the “kill zone” — and the future of warfare.
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#BBCNews - How one Russian village lost its fighting-age men to conflict
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In poorer regions, such as Buryatia and Tuva, the death rate is 27 to 33 times higher respectively than in the capital.
#UkraineWar
Every day, Russian regions are increasing their signing bonuses for contract soldiers. St Petersburg just became the new leader, offering a regional payout of 4.1 million.
Rapidly increasing payouts mean that Russian recruitment is not going as planned right now.
(Chart from gogov.ru)
Although Ukraine’s drone advantage has diminished, its position is not desperate, writes Michael Kofman. “Russia retains battlefield advantages, but they have not proved decisive, and more and more, time is working against Moscow.”
The Gulag History Museum made Russia look inward at its own crimes. That rare refuge for the memory of Stalin’s victims is gone. Its newly announced replacement: an institution led by a Ukraine war vet, focused on the "Nazi genocide of the Soviet people." meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Letzter Punkt: der Artikel wirft nicht gerade ein gutes Licht auf Selenski, der die Signale bis zuletzt herunterspielte. Zeigt wieder einmal, wie absurd es ist, ihn einen “Kriegstreiber” zu nennen, wie es der Kreml und seine Anhänger (auch bei uns) tun
Der andere Grund für Skepsis in der EU war die Annahme, eine Invasion könne für Russland nie gut gehen. Aber Moskau war überzeugt, nur 10% der ukrainischen Bevölkerung würden sich wehren. Die Frage, ob Putin rational handelt, ist zentral für die Diskussion, ob er auch einmal EU/Nato angreifen könnte
Die USA waren schon früh überzeugt, der Kreml plane einen Angriff auf die gesamte Ukraine, mit Regimewechsel. Und doch weigerte sich Washington laut diesem Bericht monatelang, der Ukraine mehr Waffen zu schicken. Soviel zur Idee, dieser Krieg sei irgendwie als Falle für Russland gedacht gewesen
So viel Interessantes im Bericht von @shaunwalker7.bsky.social. Ein Beispiel: Die Ukraine und EU (sogar Polen!) sahen die US-Info zu RU-Kriegsplänen u.a. skeptisch, weil sie den USA nach Irak noch misstrauten. Was sie umstimmte, war natürlich Putins Grossangriff.
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Das russische Justizministerium hat die Liste der "unerwünschten Organisationen" aktualisiert. Darauf stehen zwei Nachfolger der 2022 zwangsaufgelösten Organisation #Memorial: Der Verein "Zukunft Memorial" in Berlin sowie das Netzwerk "Memorial International" in Genf:
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truly wild story out of georgia on the road today's anti-intellectual right is taking oc-media.org/ivanishvili-...
#Kazakhstan's draft constitution would severely weaken checks on executive power and fundamental human rights protections, says @hrw.org. Police have responded to public criticism of the draft - which will be put to a vote on March 15 - with intimidation and arrests.
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#Georgia’s Black Sea port of #Kulevi, a hub for Black Sea oil shipments, may soon face #EuropeanUnion #sanctions over allegations that the Georgian government has used it to help Russia move crude needed to finance its war in Ukraine.
Der Ukraine gelingen die grössten Geländegewinne seit 2023 – offenbar auch wegen Blockade von Musks Satellitensystem.
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/ukraine/ukrainische-gelaendegewinne-starlink-sperre-fuer-russland-das-sind-die-folgen-an-der-front
Slezkine and Shifrinson argue that the way to peace in the Russo-Ukraine war is de jure recognition of a new international border along the current front line. This argument is flawed. A 🧵: 1/8
