Real-time updates, firsthand accounts, and on-the-ground reports from Ukraine, offering insights into the ongoing conflict and its impact on the region.
Emergency mode. Russia’s Central Bank cuts the key rate as debt-service costs rise, fuel shortages spread to new regions, and oil & tax intake keeps slipping. In this Weekly Economic Review, we start the countdown to Economic Armageddon—by the numbers. No hype. Just data, charts, and context.
In this episode I unpack the “Election Theater”: how Russia moved from competitive races to a script with pre-approved actors and pre-decided endings. No slogans—just the mechanics of how real choice was engineered out of the system over the years.
Ukraine's 45 day drone campaign against Russian oil refineries, pipelines, and pumping stations has been so successful that Russia is now forced to reduce oil production as there physically is nowhere to store it now. The Kremlin is now losing billions in revenue every day as fuel shortages across Russia continue to get worse.
-Russia’s 2025 harvest is coming up short. Wheat yields are down, quality is slipping, and inputs are tight. In today’s breakdown I cut through spin and show what’s really happening—by crop, by region, and what it means for prices at home and exports.
Based on public reporting, market data, and open sources. No sensationalism—just facts and context.
Ukraine struck Russia's second largest oil refinery last night and completely knocked offline Russia's oil terminal on the Baltic Sea. Mass disruptions at fuel stations are causing panic in Russia and 66% of Russians polled by the Levada Center are now willing to publicly say they want the war in Ukraine to immediately end.
Poland’s airspace was reportedly crossed by Russian drones amid strikes on Ukraine. Warsaw invoked Article 4 consultations; here’s what reportedly crossed, how Poland responded, what Article 4 means in practice, NATO’s posture, escalation risks, and the real red lines—plus a rapid-fire rundown of Week 36’s other top stories.
Poland incident: what crossed the border, how Warsaw responded, NATO posture, escalation risks, and the real red lines.
NATO’s nightmare headline just broke into the weekly news cycle. What happened, what’s confirmed, and what this means for Poland, Ukraine, and Europe. Plus: a rapid-fire rundown of the week’s other biggest stories—no fluff, just signal. Also in this WEEK 36 Crazy...
