Real-time updates, firsthand accounts, and on-the-ground reports from Ukraine, offering insights into the ongoing conflict and its impact on the region.
What’s really happening inside Russia—right now? In this Q&A, I answer your biggest questions on faith, life in exile, the Russia–Ukraine war, and where the country could be heading next.
No scripts—just straight, honest answers to the questions you asked on my Community post.
Ukraine has struck three more Russian oil refineries in three days as their operational tempo is increasing heading into another winter for Russia. Oil and gas revenue year over year has decreased by 25% as a result of the strikes and Russia's budget deficit this year is already over $50 billion.
Russia is changing fast—and not for the better. In tonight’s stream, I unpack a disturbing new case that fits a darker pattern: critics and business owners facing pressure, assets targeted, and fear replacing rules. A witness reportedly gave a statement in an old criminal case and then died of “heart failure” outside a police HQ. What does this say about where the system is heading?
This week, a major shift is happening on Russia’s southern border. Kazakhstan — once one of Moscow’s closest allies — is quietly pulling away. New trade restrictions, tougher customs checks, and growing economic distance signal a change that could reshape the entire post-Soviet space. What does this “quiet divorce” mean for Russia’s influence in Central Asia? And what comes next as Moscow’s old al
Russia is changing fast—and not for the better. In tonight’s stream, I unpack a disturbing new case that fits a darker pattern: critics and business owners facing pressure, assets targeted, and fear replacing rules. A witness reportedly gave a statement in an old criminal case and then died of “heart failure” outside a police HQ. What does this say about where the system is heading?
Russia's 5th largest oil refinery has been struck by Ukraine. Russia has now lost 38% of its oil refining capacity and is now scrambling to find import sources of gasoline from China and Asian countries as their nation-wide gasoline shortage has hit critical levels.
