There is a high chance that the Putin system will collapse in 1–2 years — Leonid Volkov So this afternoon (local time), Ukrainian Storm Shadows hit multiple targets in Crimea. Among them was the headquarters for the fleet in the port of Sebastopol. This is the second major attack on…

Member of the Russian ruling party Evgeny Fedorov has prepared a bill for the State Duma, proposing to restore the Russian Empire within the borders of the former USSR. …

Overnight, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh restarted. It was a short war in 2020. This time, Azerbaijan went to war along the entire line of contact. Russian peacekeepers allegedly gave Armenian positions to the Azeríes. Some of this is part of the effort to reform the USSR…

This morning, I woke up to excellent news. Mind you, this is via a Russian channel repeating Ukrainian channels. We may be heading to a breakthrough at this part of the front. Also, Russian forces have been moving reserves back and forth between Bakhmut and Zaporizhia. …

First, let me start by stating we don’t know whether Ramzan Kadyrov is alive. But Russian Telegram has been awash, first with Kadyrov being in a coma. Now that he has died. So here I am, not ready to say that he is dead for sure. …

Some important news has come from Central Asia and the Biden administration. This has critical geopolitical implications as we are starting to get closer to countries that we have largely ignored over the decades. Realize these countries are, in some cases, firmly in the Russian sphere of influence or China…

After the attack on Sebastopol, Sergei Shoigu was asked if Russia would win. He said they had no choice but proceeded to shrug his shoulders. The video is gone from the Channel 1 website, yet it lives online. You would think they would know that all this material is downloaded…

Overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force launched an attack using Storm Shadows and sea-going drones on the naval base of Sebastopol. So, this is the official statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. As usual, they are downplaying the damage. More on that after this statement: Tonight the Ukrainian Armed Forces…

Today, I will keep it short. The first is a statement from Vladimir Putin, which, at least to me, speaks to likely internal pressure. It also references the capitulation of the Soviets to Germany in 1918, the Treaty of Brest. This treaty saw Russia withdraw from the Great War, and…