Russian model goes viral as Erling Haaland look-a-like

Speaking of gas, the big Russian suck-out has begun [Followup]

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After Ukraine strikes refineries, Putin admits to 'a certain shortage' of fuel

The anger of Russians searching for gas at stations is beginning to emerge on social media. The Russian leader has admitted for the first time the impact of the deep-strike operations carried out by Kyiv, while downplaying them.

Putin wants Trump to believe that Russia is winning the war in Ukraine

PUTIN: WAR ‘PROGRESSING ACCORDING TO PLAN’: In a series of elaborately choreographed events over the past few days, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to change the narrative that Russia is reeling from Ukraine’s sustained deep drone strikes against Russian refineries and energy infrastructure and supply routes into occupied Crimea. In a staged video released by []

The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Scott Horton: How Evil Is the American Empire?

Putin says Russia is in a “challenging period,” but the more revealing question is what comes next when a war stops feeling like a crisis and starts running on autopilot. We unpack why Russia can look simultaneously steady and stuck: not prone to emotional swings, yet still locked into a slow, costly grind where drone []

Russia and Europe: A Clash of States or Civilizations?

Russia’s current distancing from the western part of the continent followed a period of rapprochement that lasted through the first two decades after the end of the Cold War. From that period, Moscow drew two main lessons, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Anton Bespalov.