The Moscow Times on MSNOpinion

Boris Bondarev: Don't Blame Putin Alone for Russia's Misdeeds – It's the System

There is an idea firmly rooted among the politically active segment of Russian society — both inside the country and among ...

People Are Sharing The Worst Mistakes Ever Made By A US President, And I Can't Believe Our Country Is Still (Barely) Standing

From the Trail of Tears to Watergate to the Iraq War, here are 20 of the worst presidential mistakes in US history — and what ...
SOFREP on MSN

From Biafra to Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Unfinished War

Forged by colonial lines that ignored its people, Nigeria now strains under insurgency, corruption, and oil politics as the ...

The Battle for Pokrovsk: What Russia Taking Key City Would Mean for War

Pokrovsk was dubbed a "fortress" settlement, key to Ukrainian lines in the east and connected to other cities forming the ...
Forbes

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

A leaked document from the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed on Monday that the Russian Federation’s casualties in Ukraine in 2025 total more than 281,550. The report provided a breakdown of ...
Newsweek

Russia May Be in ‘Phase 0’ of Preparation for NATO War

Russia has accused the U.K. of plotting a sabotage operation in a move that shows Moscow is setting the conditions for a conflict with NATO, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). That ...
Reuters

How Ukraine's European allies fuel Russia's war economy

Several EU nations see Russian energy imports rise in 2025 They include France, Netherlands, Romania and Portugal Europe is still financing both sides in war - to fury of Trump Military aid to Kyiv ...
CNN

Experts on how to raise the cost of war for Russia: ‘Be cleverer’

Three and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a US-led peace process on ice and a stalemate on the battlefield, Kyiv’s allies are calling for renewed economic pressure on ...
The National Interest

The Russian Army Received Its New AK-12 Assault Rifles—Ahead of Schedule!

The AK-12 is a modernized version of the AK-74, itself an upgrade of the AK-47 of Cold War notoriety. The refit of Russia’s warships dragged on for years, and even decades in some cases. The ...
Opinion
The Nation on MSNOpinion

The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows

The future of Ukraine and Russia, of European security, and of US-Russian relations now all hang on a few small half-ruined towns in the northwestern part of Donetsk province. Indeed, given the ...
The New York Times

Russia Steps Up Assault on Antiwar Exiles, Accusing Them of Terrorism

An intelligence agency’s sweeping investigation shows that Moscow is closely following the anti-Kremlin activities of Russians abroad. By Nataliya Vasilyeva Russia’s main intelligence agency on ...
Flightglobal

‘Pessimistic’ scenario could see 30% of Russian civil fleet withdrawn by decade-end

Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia is aiming to avoid a potential capacity crisis for the country’s carriers, by taking steps to preserve the airworthiness of the active fleet while ...