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“Two Kilometers from NATO: Russian Strikes Are Creating a New Risk Zone Along the Polish Border”

A Russian jet-powered UAV strike on September 28, 2026, approximately 2 km from the Polish border crossing at Dorohusk marked another episode in which Russia’s air campaign against Ukraine produced…

September 30, 2026Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Conflict influence ops Psyops Warfare

The Cost of the Strike on Kyiv: Can the Graham Act Change Russia’s Strategy of Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure

The Russian strikes on Kyiv on September 28, 2026, demonstrate a notable evolution in Russia’s air campaign. The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Dobrobut Medical Center, a pharmaceutical…

September 29, 2026Russia, UAVs, Ukraine

influence ops Propaganda and Disinformation Psyops

The Next “Special Military Operation”: Why Russian State Media Threatened Lithuania with a Nuclear Strike

On September 25, 2026, the state agency RIA Novosti published a column by Alexander Nosovich titled “Russia Faces Another Special Military Operation. It Will Be Very Short.” The publication by…

September 28, 2026Lithuania, Russia

Economy Energy Geoeconomics Warfare

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

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