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Rosneft – A7 – 2Rivers: How Oil Revenues Became a Financial Infrastructure for Sanctions Evasion

The leak of A7’s internal documents reveals the emergence of a parallel mechanism for international settlements in which export revenues from Russian oil provided the foreign-currency liquidity needed to pay…

September 24, 2026China, Russia, shadow fleet

Economy Energy

Russian Flag as a Shield: How Moscow Is Rebuilding the Shadow Fleet After Western Interceptions

Russian Flag as a Shield: How Moscow Is Rebuilding the Shadow Fleet After Western Interceptions The passage of a large group of tankers carrying Russian oil through the English Channel…

September 23, 2026Russia, Sanctions, shadow fleet

Economy

Raiffeisen Trap”: How the Kremlin Keeps a Western Banking Channel Inside Russia’s War Economy

The U.S. investment firm Grizzly Research published a report alleging that Raiffeisen facilitated sanctions circumvention and Russia-related trade worth $1.19 billion. During its investigation, the firm identified customs documents linked…

September 18, 2026Austria, Raiffeisen Bank, Russia, Sanctions

Democracy Governance

Elections as an Instrument of Annexation: Why the Kremlin Needs State Duma Voting in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine

On September 18–20, 2026, Russia is holding elections to the ninth convocation of the State Duma. For the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, Moscow is incorporating…

September 17, 2026elections, Russia, Ukraine

influence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

Poland “in Two or Three Days”: The Kremlin Returns to the Model of Psychological Blitzkrieg

On September 15, 2026, Russian presidential aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev issued a direct threat against Poland, saying that in the event of a military conflict Moscow…

September 16, 2026Patrushev, Poland, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security

Leipzig, Serbia and Russia’s Shadow War: Coincidence, Corridor or Network?

The attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport was supposed to be a German security story. It is rapidly becoming a Serbian one. On August 4, an explosives-laden drone was discovered…

September 8, 2026Russia, Serbia

Democracy Governance

“The Result Before the Vote: How the Kremlin Is Engineering the 2026 State Duma Elections”

Russia’s parliamentary elections on September 18–20, 2026, are taking place under conditions in which the main parameters of political competition are largely determined before voting even begins. The long-term elimination…

September 8, 2026elections, Russia

Intelligence ops

Closing Russia’s Diplomatic Back Door: Poland Targets Moscow’s Intelligence Infrastructure in Europe

Against the backdrop of intensifying Russian hybrid activity in Europe, Poland is calling for a systematic reduction of Russia’s diplomatic presence across the European Union. Warsaw’s initiative envisages not only…

September 7, 2026Russia

Geopolitics

“Mutual Sustainment of Wars: A New Model of the Russia–Iran Alliance”

The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on September 1 at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek indicates that Russian-Iranian relations are moving toward a deeper…

September 3, 2026Iran, Russia, Ukraine, USA

Intelligence ops National Security

Attack in Brandenburg: Has Moscow Begun to Act on Its Threats Against Germany?

The attempted sabotage of one of the most important nodes in Germany’s energy system near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg could represent the next episode in the hybrid confrontation…

September 2, 2026Germany, Russia

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