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MOSCOW BLOG: The Nato-Russia clash mission creep
July 23, 2026
The stochastic war continues to escalate into a brutal tit-for-tat missile war with both sides continuously rolling out new and improved weapons that could eventually lead to a direct clash between Nato and Russia.
MOSCOW BLOG: Hitting the Wildberries warehouse is a lot more painful than it looks
July 20, 2026
The tit-for-tat missile war escalated at the weekend after Ukraine hit the largest distribution centre belonging to Wildberries, the “Amazon of Russia.” The Kremlin hit back the next day with a massive drone and missile barrage.
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MOSCOW BLOG: Germans return to SPIEF as Russia sanctions resolve starts to fray
June 3, 2026
German businessmen are going to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia’s premier investment forum, in a public show of the fraying commitment to cutting off commercial ties under the sanctions regime.
MOSCOW BLOG: Trump eats humble pie in Beijing
May 15, 2026
US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing ends today and he has been forced to eat humble pie after coming out of the gate last year with an extremely aggressive policy on China.
MOSCOW BLOG: Russia's social contract has broken down
May 12, 2026
Something has quietly shifted in Russia. Not the social and economic meltdown Western pundits have been confidently predicting almost continuously for the last two decades. But something has changed and the people are not happy.