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Ukraine’s “middle strike”: How Kyiv’s forces learned to hit targets up to 300 kilometers behind the front — and why Russia can’t stop them

"We tricked Putin": Jailed Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal's ex-aide on mafia infighting, an FSB partnership, and the Kremlin’s revenge

“Matryoshka” enters the fray: The Kremlin and the GRU are spreading disinformation in Hungary ahead of its pivotal parliamentary election

Ukraine’s “middle strike”: How Kyiv’s forces learned to hit targets up to 300 kilometers behind the front — and why Russia can’t stop them

"We tricked Putin": Jailed Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal's ex-aide on mafia infighting, an FSB partnership, and the Kremlin’s revenge

“Matryoshka” enters the fray: The Kremlin and the GRU are spreading disinformation in Hungary ahead of its pivotal parliamentary election

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“Putin told me, ‘If you want to do this kind of business, do it in Israel’”: Pavel Durov’s revelations from a biography

The Insider

POLITICS

From airstrikes to boots on the ground: U.S. eyes land operation in Iran with no easy options in sight

Veaceslav Epureanu

POLITICS

Gas, nuclear power, and organized crime: How Viktor Orbán went from a critic of Russia to a champion of the Kremlin’s interests

Andrei Dauge

POLITICS

Drifting out of Russia’s orbit: The Armenian PM’s visit to Moscow exposes a growing conflict that will determine the country’s future

Artur Khachatryan

POLITICS

Hybrid rear: How Iraq became another front in Iran’s war

Karyna Olykova

SOCIETY

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

Svetlana Bozrova

Investigations

“A medal for the city of Budapest”: Who at the Russian Embassy in Hungary is helping “Kremlin ally” Viktor Orbán in the upcoming elections?

Sergey Kanev

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

SOCIETY

“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán": Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all

The Insider

POLITICS

Hungary for change: The opposition to Orbán leads in pre-election polls, but the government may resort to fraud

Daniel Hegedüs

POLITICS

“This will be the last war with Hezbollah!”: How Lebanese people are surviving the latest outbreak of war

Alexander Leonidovich

Maria Volokh

POLITICS

Amid a hundred fires: Syria’s new leaders finding their way in the regional chaos

Karyna Olykova

POLITICS

Total cartel war: The crackdown on Mexico’s drug lords is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, with no end in sight

Victor Márquez

Investigations

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

Veaceslav Epureanu

Investigations

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

Ryan X

Andrey Zayakin

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“Putin told me, ‘If you want to do this kind of business, do it in Israel’”: Pavel Durov’s revelations from a biography

From airstrikes to boots on the ground: U.S. eyes land operation in Iran with no easy options in sight

Gas, nuclear power, and organized crime: How Viktor Orbán went from a critic of Russia to a champion of the Kremlin’s interests

Drifting out of Russia’s orbit: The Armenian PM’s visit to Moscow exposes a growing conflict that will determine the country’s future

Hybrid rear: How Iraq became another front in Iran’s war

Bacteria strike back: Rising antibiotic resistance will claim millions of lives in the coming decades

“A medal for the city of Budapest”: Who at the Russian Embassy in Hungary is helping “Kremlin ally” Viktor Orbán in the upcoming elections?

We have our own Starlink at home: What’s the matter with Russia’s satellite internet projects

Farewell to the “May decrees”: Why Russia has abandoned salary targets for doctors and teachers

A bad case of terrorism: Authorities in both Israel and Lebanon are trying to get rid of Hezbollah

“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán": Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all

Hungary for change: The opposition to Orbán leads in pre-election polls, but the government may resort to fraud

“This will be the last war with Hezbollah!”: How Lebanese people are surviving the latest outbreak of war

Amid a hundred fires: Syria’s new leaders finding their way in the regional chaos

Total cartel war: The crackdown on Mexico’s drug lords is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, with no end in sight

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

The secret life of insects: A GRU colonel loses a colony of rare ants after failing to protect Iran from missile strikes

The virtual ruble: Why Russia’s digital currency experiment could strengthen the Kremlin’s authoritarian control

The price of a few cents: Women in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are being jailed for tiny payments to Ukraine

Declaration of digital independence: The EU is trying to protect itself from America’s monopoly on internet platforms

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

The censorship shelf: Why some of Russia’s best films are being pulled from release without ever reaching audiences

“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán": Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all

“In Russia, you will atone for your guilt before Putin”: Stories of three Russians deported from the United States

“Programs about Christ followed by beatings half to death”: Kherson’s ex-mayor Volodymyr Mykolaienko on his years in Russian captivity

“You must not show that you are afraid”: Tales of captivity in the Kremlin-controlled “People’s Republics”

“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfill their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers

“This isn’t the Middle Ages, and we aren’t serfs”: Locals in Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donbas react to Putin’s territorial demands

Tracked down, coerced, threatened: How Russia hunts down deserters and forces them back to the front lines in Ukraine

“Thou shalt not idolize your motherland”: Russian Orthodox priests on the war in Ukraine and the degradation of their church

The Kremlin’s missionary: A former aide shares the secrets of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary

“Our people poisoned Navalny”: Former FSB officer on surveilling opposition figures and running black ops in Russia and Ukraine

“We tried to leave as few buildings intact as possible”: Russian-speaking IDF soldiers on their service in Gaza

“Even if the war in Gaza ends, this hatred isn’t going anywhere”: Soviet-born émigré Jews speak out on the rise of antisemitism in the U.S.

“Nobody wants to help the army anymore”: Confessions from Russian pro-war volunteers

“If a colonel couldn’t do anything, what could I do?”: A Belarusian border guard’s confession

Those who stayed: Stories of Ukrainians who refuse to leave their war-torn towns and villages

“GRU officers do time for drugs, the police for protection rackets”: Inside Russia’s prison colony for crooked cops and spooks

“The president lives in his own reality”: Confessions of police officers and government officials in Russia’s borderlands

“Everyone wants me to pick a fight with my cousin”: Nate Vance on war, family politics, and the fight for Ukraine

“They tied me to a chair with duct tape and started torturing me with electricity”: Testimonies of Ukrainian women abducted by Russia

“If we got captured, we’d probably be executed”: Confessions of three foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine

“In emigration, the war was all we ever talked about. In Russia, it’s bad form.” The life of activists who returned to their home country

“The officer made it clear we were being deported”: How Trump’s anti-immigration policies impacted Russian asylum seekers

“Even if you feel opposition inside, you have to demonstrate support”: Confessions of teachers in Belgorod schools

“Photos of Putin and Kadyrov were in the dean’s office, like icons”: Russian students expelled for their anti-war views share their stories

“We ditched our uniforms and hid in a swamp”: Chechen POWs from “Akhmat” share their accounts from Kursk

“The only way to wash away the shame is with weapons”: Why Russian volunteers choose to fight for Ukraine

“Their shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ drowned out our footsteps as we approached from the back”: Confessions of Ukrainian scouts

“For 72 days I was electrocuted, beaten, not allowed to eat or sleep”: how Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults”

“They tied me to a tree and said: ‘We’re gonna put you down now.’ There were 30 bodies in a ditch nearby”: Confessions of a Russian deserter

“Shreds of bodies hung from the branches”: Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans

“Dying isn’t as bad as being a Russian POW”: Freed Ukrainian soldiers speak out about their time in Russian captivity

“We were handed envelopes with 'incentives' for delivering favorable results”: A Russian election official's confession

“It’s gut-wrenching to read accounts of torture and not be able to offer any comfort”: Confessions of Russian political prisoners’ wives

“I know that my hands are elbow-deep in blood”: Confessions of Russian deserters

“Terrorists looked for children by following the sound of their screams”: How Russian-speaking families in Israel are surviving the war

Under the watchful eye of “Nikolai Nikolaevich”: How the FSB's surveillance unit monitors journalists and foreigners

Department of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwide

Trump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change target

“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital

Pulling the plug: America’s WHO departure is a death sentence for global health

Betting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahs

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

Not what she said: Russian spokeswoman’s claim of EU “energy self-castration” turns out not to be accurate

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

The rich get richer: Global inequality and the rise of extreme wealth have hit record highs