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As Russia continues striking Ukraine’s energy system in subzero temperatures, photographs from Kyiv capture life in the freezing capital

Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure have left thousands of homes across Ukraine without electricity or heat this ...
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Lithuania is revoking residence permits from Russians who visit home too often. Courts can’t agree on what counts as a valid reason — and families are being torn a…

For Russian citizens living in Lithuania, traveling too frequently to Russia or Belarus can result in the loss of their ...
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Scientists in five European countries confirmed that Alexey Navalny was killed with a rare neurotoxin. Russian officials are calling it ‘necro-propaganda.’

On February 14, 2026, The Insider reported that independent laboratories in five countries had identified the substance used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Scientists found ...
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What is epibatidine, and how did it kill Navalny? A guide to the frog neurotoxin that five countries say poisoned Russia’s opposition leader.

The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands announced that a substance called epibatidine killed Alexey ...
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Sky-high cucumber prices are rattling Russian shoppers. The spike might be temporary, but the inflation problem isn’t.

At the start of the year, Russians got a shock at the grocery store: cucumber prices had skyrocketed. Still, officials and ...
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A warning from Estonia: Russia’s economy is spiraling downward, but Moscow is still stockpiling for the ‘next war’

Russia is unlikely to attack any NATO member in the near future, but plans to continue its war against Ukraine, according ...
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Russia killed opposition leader Alexey Navalny using a rare dart frog toxin, five European countries say

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was killed in prison using a rare dart frog toxin, five European countries said in a joint statement on .
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Throughout the Putin era, the owners of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport fought off every takeover attempt. Wartime nationalization proved their undoing.

Dmitry Kamenshchik, now the former owner of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, isn’t giving up. After losing every appeal in the ...
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Telegram is one of the last messaging apps in Russia that the state doesn’t control. Did the Kremlin just block it for good?

Telegram, one of Russia’s most widely used messaging apps, has been malfunctioning for the past two days. On Tuesday, ...
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Putin’s ‘Temple of War’ was just the beginning. Russia is building churches, mosques, and even underground chapels to convince the nation that the invasion of Ukraine is ...

People and Ideas That Made the Russian Invasion Possible,” by historian Ilia Venyavkin, profiles the figures who helped Vladimir Putin prime Russians for the attack on Ukraine. Venyavkin cites a visit ...
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Ukrainian resistance to occupation has gone underground after years of brutal repression. Scholar Jade McGlynn explains how hatred — not hope — now drives those still fighting.

As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, resistance to Russian occupation has morphed into something radically different. The viral displays of defiance that defined the war’s ...