On 14 July, during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump confirmed his intention to sell weapons to Ukraine with European funds. He also threatened Putin with sanctions if the Russian president does not end the war within 50 days...
Jul 23, 2025|12 MIN.
Serhii Volkov
The nanometre race: what is the state of the Russian semiconductor industry?
This article continues the series of articles entitled ‘The nanometre race’. Today, we will look at the development of semiconductors in Russia and how this affects (or does not affect) the world...
Jul 14, 2025 | 8 MIN.
Despite the fairly strong diplomatic and economic ties between Brazil and China, a combination of factors may have influenced Xi Jinping's decision not to visit Brazil...
Jul 11, 2025|6 MIN.
Oleksandr Buriachenko
A new chance for an old problem: the Iranian nuclear deal and European diplomacy
The Islamic Republic of Iran has recently attracted the attention of the whole world. Israeli and American strikes on this country have postponed the possibility of concluding a nuclear agreement, which Iranian and US officials have been working on, for a long time or forever...
Jul 10, 2025 | 12 MIN.
Oboronka.Mezha
Red Book aircraft. Will the Russians be able to restore strategic aviation after "Web"?
Defense analyzed which Russian aircraft have been hit since the beginning of the full-scale war, what is their significance on the battlefield, how many such aircraft remained in reserve, and whether Russia has retained the ability to repair, modernize, and build new strategic ships...
Jul 7, 2025 | 20 MIN.
On 19 June 2025, another meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan...
Jul 5, 2025|15 MIN.
Currently, we can see that the traditional problems of the Russian economy in the coal industry, railways and local budgets have been joined by new crisis areas: metallurgy, the agricultural sector, and the crisis in real estate and foreign investment has finally been confirmed...
Jun 30, 2025|12 MIN.
Oboronka.Mezha
Soviet stockpiles won't last forever. Will the Russians have enough artillery for new major offensive campaigns in Ukraine?
Understanding the state of Russian artillery production is essential for assessing its actual ability to ramp up or at least sustain the current pace of the offensive in the medium to long term, which is an important bargaining chip for Moscow at the negotiating table...
Jun 22, 2025 | 20 MIN.
