The russian authorities are no longer even trying to hide that they are willing to sacrifice the country’s socio-economic development and civilian budget spending without hesitation in order to continue the war against Ukraine. ▫️ russian finance minister anton siluanov openly admitted during the moscow financial forum that the budget’s main priority is the “needs…
With the start of the main voting stage of the pseudo-elections to russia’s state duma, russian propaganda has launched a large-scale information campaign, attempting to create the illusion of a massive «patriotic upsurge» in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories. Propaganda media are massively producing reports about alleged «queues and excitement» at polling stations in occupied cities….
The russian authorities are systematically expanding war propaganda among children, turning school education into an instrument of total ideological indoctrination and the militarization of the younger generation. ▫️ Starting in 2026, russian schoolchildren are expected to be required to watch a series of 83 “patriotic” short films, including films about participants in the war against…
In russia and the temporarily occupied territories, children are being exposed to kremlin propaganda from the youngest possible age. From 1 September 2026, kindergartens across russia and in the TOT have introduced so-called «good games» — an analogue of «talks about important things» used in schools. According to teaching materials for kindergarten educators, children as…
A new statement by russian dictator vladimir putin has once again sparked widespread discussion — not because of its political significance, but because of its sheer absurdity. ▫️ During a meeting with teachers, putin urged them to tell children how pods of killer whales tear polar bears apart. He suggested using this “food chain” to…
russia is once again manipulating information to justify the absence of independent international monitoring of the September «elections» to the state duma. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova proudly announced that russia would not invite the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the «elections». She attributed the decision to the…
russia’s foreign ministry claims that observers from 55 countries are allegedly ready to come to the illegal state duma elections in September 2026. At the same time, the central election commission of the aggressor state assumes that «foreign observers» will participate in the pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Claims about the participation…
The russian orthodox church continues to militarise russian society and sacralise the war in Ukraine. This time, clergy of the roc proposed sending the recently discovered relics of the 14th-century moscow prince dmitry donskoy to the frontline to «boost fighting spirit». Notably, these relics were discovered only a month ago during restoration work at the…
russia has started working on creating «sovereign» artificial intelligence with the right values. Developers will have to ensure that the AI model complies with russian «traditional spiritual and moral values». The criteria for checking whether the machine thinks «correctly» enough will be developed by the repressive russian security service fsb together with russia’s ministry of…
The russian authorities continue to turn the education system in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into a tool for destroying children’s Ukrainian identity. ▫️ Recently, russia’s ministry of education approved an updated list of school textbooks, which included publications on the history of the so-called «regions that reunited with russia». These include history textbooks…
The kremlin continues to recruit mercenaries from countries of the Global South for the war against Ukraine. In particular, Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the deaths of 11 Peruvian citizens who joined the russian army. Another 114 Peruvians are considered missing, while three have been captured by Ukrainian forces. Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
russian authorities continue to tighten restrictions on citizens’ access to the internet under the pretext of security concerns. In July 2026, only one-third of mobile internet sessions in russia took place without restrictions. The situation varies significantly by region. The fewest restrictions were recorded in the jewish autonomous region. Meanwhile, in moscow, st. petersburg, and…
