According to RM’s measurements using ISW data, from April 8, 2025, to April 7, 2026, Russia captured 1,897 square miles ...

Russia: +29,000 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the size of the U.S. state of Illinois). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including ...

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Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Head of the Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee expressed hope that the United States will become preoccupied with the conflict in Iran and “forget” about ...

In that scenario [oil at $200 a barrel], sustained higher oil prices could plunge the world into a recession, raise borrowing costs, alter the outcome of ongoing wars, and shift the balance of ...

In that case, I think China would send a sharp message (as it did with Russia in 2022) that it strongly opposed any such action,” Ignatius said. Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan argue in FA that ...

Comparing the U.S. intelligence community’s newly-released Annual Threat Assessment-2026 with the previous edition of this document reveals a change in how this community approaches analyzing Russia ...

A recent survey by the Levada Center indicates that while a large majority of Russians express support for the actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine and for its strikes on Ukraine’s energy ...

“Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to participants in the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference,” Russian Foreign Ministry, 03.16.26. Clues from Russian Views. Sergey Lavrov frames the current ...

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