Real-time updates, firsthand accounts, and on-the-ground reports from Ukraine, offering insights into the ongoing conflict and its impact on the region.
Russian soldiers continue to freak out over the Kremlin blocking Telegram for them on the frontlines. Ukraine ran an intelligence operation that successfully exposed collaborators and collected information on Russian Starlink usage. Ukraine struck two more Russian refineries, shutting down one of them.
This week Russia’s January oil-and-gas revenues didn’t just “dip” — they fell off a cliff. In this episode of In this week’s Russia Economic Review, I break down what a ~50% crash really means for the Kremlin’s cash flow, war-budget math, and the wider Russian economy — and why I’m betting big that this is not a one-off anomaly, but a structural problem getting worse.
Russia's government has started restricting Telegram and Russia's 75 million monthly Telegram users are reporting their inability to use the app. Russia is trying to force all their people to use their state controlled surveillance app MAX. Telegram's disruption is causing mass confusion for Russia's frontline forces.
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