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Prison of the peoples: With Trump’s support, El Salvador is turning into an international incarceration hub A glimpse inside CECOT, President Bukele's infamous "mega-prison" where the U.S. is sending its deportees — even those without criminal records.

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🇺🇦 Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: AFU “defeated” in Kursk, evacuations in the Dnipropetrovsk Region, North Korea confirms troop deployment The Insider's round-up of the main events on the front lines from April 25 to May 2, 2025.

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The golden billionaires: Inside Russia's fierce economic competition for limited wartime resources Although the number of dollar-denominated billionaires in Russia has reached a new high, the average size of their fortunes has noticeably declined.

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Russia drops to a record-low position in RSF's World Press Freedom Index, ranking 171st out of 180 countries "This deterioration reflects the regime’s increasingly repressive use of judicial tools to silence independent journalism," Jeanne Cavelier of @rsf.org states.

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100 days of shock therapy: What everyone should have learned from Trump’s first months back in office The Insider's editor-in-chief Roman Dobrokhotov (@dobrokhotov.bsky.social) examines the decline of political institutions that made Trump's election possible.

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From trade wars to battlefields: Tariff disputes have ignited some of history's biggest conflicts For example, tariffs were among the contributing factors that ignited the U.S. Civil War.

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Spain declares blackout investigation over suspected cyberattack “secret” as judge points to GRU-backed disruption of Ukraine’s power supply The probe into the April 28 outage — which will examine cyberterrorism as a possible cause — is now classified.

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R&R behind enemy lines: Rectors of universities tied to Russia’s military-industrial complex acquire luxury properties in Italy The heads of two top Moscow institutions developing vital tech for Russia’s war effort have bought multiple homes in a NATO country.

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Mine over matter: Russia’s coal industry is collapsing — and no one is ready for it More than half of Russia’s coal companies were running at a loss by the end of last year, reflecting a strategy that has long ignored the global energy transition.

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Hunting guerillas: Russia’s law enforcement agencies caught an anti-war train bomber largely by chance The Insider reconstructs the manhunt for anarchist Ruslan Sidiki, who sabotaged a railway and derailed a train in central Russia in late 2023. He now faces a potential life sentence.

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Crude reality: Predictions of cheap oil may spell doom for OPEC+ — and for the Russian budget Analyst Mikhail Krutikhin recommends taking a long-term view that focuses less on day-to-day political events and more on long-term trends.

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There and Back Again: Trans people in the West are losing ground in their struggle for rights Today, trans rights are recognized throughout most of Europe, but the new U.S. policy threatens a slide back towards discrimination.

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Montenegro to review all honorary citizenships, including that of Putin’s "favorite" propaganda anchor Ekaterina Andreeva The move, prompted by the PM, comes less than two weeks after an investigation by Alexei Navalny's associates revealed Andreeva as a national of both Montenegro and Honduras.

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Russian general killed in car bombing outside Moscow prepared war briefings for Putin Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was in charge of compiling reports on the progress of the invasion of Ukraine for Vladimir Putin, according to state-run media.

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Body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna returned from captivity in Russia missing internal organs An forensic expert cited by independent investigative outlet Important Stories said that the missing organs may have been deliberately removed to obscure signs of strangulation.

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Farewell to the ayatollahs: why change in Iran is inevitable Even if war is avoided, Iran is heading toward major changes.

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Kim Jong Un calls soldiers sent to Kursk “heroes” and their mission “sacred” in first admission of his troops’ presence in Russia After months of denial, Pyongyang has finally confirmed that it sent troops to support Russia in the war against Ukraine.

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Agri-tycoon vs. Medvedev's “wallet”: Billionaire Moshkovich arrested in wake of conflict with rival oligarch’s family The Rusagro founder filed a lawsuit against the son of Medvedev ally Igor Yusufov, was jailed, and had his own accounts frozen.

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❗ Portugal and Spain hit by massive power outage, causes yet unknown Blackouts have been reported from Madrid to Lisbon, leaving large parts of the Iberian Peninsula without electricity.

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Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: 30-hour Easter truce, air raid on Kyiv, revolt of Russian ‘refusers’ in Krasnodar The Insider's round-up of the main events on the front lines from Apr. 18 to Apr. 25.

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Today marks the 51st anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, which brought down a 48-year dictatorship — the longest in Western Europe — in 1974. Anti-corruption expert @joaopaulobatalha.bsky.social weighed in on its legacy in a piece for The Insider last year.

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The Kursk gambit: What Ukraine’s boldest operation achieved — and failed to achieve As the AFU has largely pulled out from Kursk, it is clear the eight-month incursion did not achieve its main goals, writes John Hardie, Russia program deputy director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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High-level CIA official’s 21-year-old son killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russian army Michael Gloss, son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Juliane Gallina, joined Russia’s Airborne Troops and was killed last year, according to a report by the investigative outlet IStories.

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Armed and European: The EU takes its first steps towards an independent military force Joint deployments to post-conflict Ukraine could help Europe develop the military muscle it needs to defend the continent amid increasing U.S. isolationism.

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Russian-controlled court in occupied Ukraine hands first prison term to Colombian national for serving in Ukrainian army The 33-year old, who is set to serve 9 years in prison for "mercenarism," was captured in a battle near Donetsk in June last year.

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"Objectives achieved, all targets hit": Russia’s MoD confirms deadly strike on Ukraine that killed 12 in Kyiv, including two children The attack was on Ukraine's capital was the biggest since last summer. "Vladimir, STOP!" went Donald Trump’s response.

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Russian Foreign Ministry upgrades the Taliban’s diplomatic representation, prepares to receive its ambassador in Moscow The move follows from a Russian Supreme Court ruling that suspended the ban on Taliban activities in Russia.

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The Templars of Langley, Virginia: Declassified documents outline the CIA’s quest to find the Ark of the Covenant To aid its efforts, the agency recruited a psychic, whose guidance resembled elements of “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981).

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Putin’s team player: Russian propaganda is capitalizing on new NHL all-time goals leader Alexander Ovechkin While Ovechkin remains a hockey icon in both Russia and North America, his achievements are marred by his ongoing support for Putin.

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Estonia to build new military base in Narva, directly on border with Russia The country's easternmost city — linked to the Russian town of Ivangorod via a single bridge — has had "very little" visible Estonian military presence up until now.

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Syria’s new leader confirms Russia refused to hand over Bashar al-Assad after he fled to Moscow Despite Moscow’s rejection, interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa has said that his administration is willing to continue negotiations with the Kremlin.

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The Shallow State: Trump 2.0 is putting America’s critical intelligence liaison relationships in jeopardy @warstudieskcl.bsky.social visiting professor David Gioe writes that Trump's return to the Oval Office may force U.S. allies to keep more of their secrets to themselves.

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Russia celebrates Trump’s first 100 days in office with academic conferences — and a new history curriculum Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky said Trump’s Ukraine peace plan will appear in future editions of Russia’s official school history textbooks.

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❗ Kremlin eyes seized U.S. canned food firm to supply Russian army, Trump says Putin will be “very generous” The Insider has found that associates of ex-Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev now run the only American-owned company nationalized by Russia.

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525 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been sentenced in Russia since the group was banned as “extremist” in 2017 New data from @enmemorial.bsky.social details the Kremlin’s ongoing persecution of the religious group. 607 Jehovah’s Witnesses are currently under investigation.

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Dutch intelligence service says the Netherlands is in a gray zone between peace and war, accuses Russia of cyberattacks and sabotage Russia's hybrid attacks primarily target military and logistics facilities of countries that support Ukraine, the MIVD report says.

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Russia’s Ministry of Justice names journalist as first member of fictional "international LGBT public movement" Vadim Vaganov is now the first — and so far only — publicly identified "activist" of the nonexistent "movement," outlawed by Russia in 2023.

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The Lost Army: War veterans could pose a problem for Putin’s Russia, just like they did for interwar Germany The experience of German soldiers returning from WWI in 1918 offers a telling parallel to veterans of Russia's "special military operation."

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Kyrgyz state bank connected to fugitive Moldovan oligarch suspected of sanctions evasion Capital Bank is set to monopolize cross-border ruble transfers but may face secondary sanctions, like its predecessor, which was purchased by Ilan Shor's holding.

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Russia’s Matryoshka disinfo network targets Moldova, bots accuse President Maia Sandu of corruption and repression @antibot4navalny.bsky.social has uncovered the bot network’s first campaign targeting the country ahead of its September parliamentary elections.

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❗ Customs data reveals Russian defense companies using Israeli-made cutting tools routed through third countries A recent investigation by The Insider found that over $10M worth of metal-cutting tools were shipped from Israel to Russia in 2024. theins.press/en/news/280756

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🇺🇦 Weekly Russia-Ukraine war summary: Battles near Kursk border, “motocross season” near Pokrovsk, drone strikes directed from Moscow high-rise The Insider's round-up of the main events on the front lines from April 11 to April 18, 2025.

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Overpromise, underdeliver: Trump must find a scapegoat for failed peace talks According to political analyst Anton Barbashin, Trump will eventually have to decide who to blame for the breakdown: either Russia, or Ukraine and the EU.

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Russian academic fakes his way to Nobel-level citation index, creates global plagiarism market for scientific papers A professor at Moscow's Sechenov University has been tied to a scheme effectively selling publications in top-tier Western journals.

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Moscow court finds The Insider’s Anastasia Mikhaylova guilty of involvement with an “undesirable” organization A repeat “offense” could trigger a criminal case and possible prison time. The Insider was banned as “undesirable” in Russia in 2022.

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Inflation, devaluation, reduced incomes: Russia’s economy in an era of falling oil prices Oil prices are sliding amid fears of a global economic slowdown triggered by the US-China tariff war, along with rising production from OPEC+ countries.

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Eyes open, minds shut: How the Israeli army missed the October 7 attack

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