Putin’s Top War Blogger Arrested—Then Moscow ERUPTS
RYBAR ARRESTED! I examine the reported detention in Montenegro of Mikhail Zvinchuk, the founder of the pro-war Russian military-blogger network Rybar, along with his wife and three associates. Rybar o...
9 Okt 11min
Putin Says He Protects Christians—Then His Troops Target Evangelicals
Putin claims to defend Christianity. But what happens when Russian troops take control of Ukrainian towns and encounter Christians who don't belong to the Russian Orthodox Church? I sit down with P...
9 Okt 22min
Another Huge Ukrainian Swarm Overnight
I examine Ukraine’s reported October 9 strikes inside Russia, including a second Yandex data center hit in two nights. Yandex said several modules at its Kaluga facility were disabled, following a str...
9 Okt 16min
Putin’s Birthday Took a Very Strange Turn
Vladimir Putin turned 74 on October 7, and his birthday got weird. Really weird. Putin says his birthday isn't a national holiday and that making too much of it would be immodest. Yet across Russia...
8 Okt 11min
Trump’s Team Floats Nord Stream Deal to End the War
The Trump administration is exploring a surprising possibility--American investors taking a stake in Russia's Nord Stream pipelines as part of a broader effort to end the war in Ukraine. According to ...
8 Okt 22min
Russia Denies Plague—But I’m Worried About Something Else
I examine the unverified reports surrounding a possible pneumonic plague incident linked to Russia’s Siberian Anti-Plague Institute, including the U.S. Embassy warning, Russian official denials, and t...
8 Okt 13min
Armed Men Cross Into NATO Territory, Sabotage Border Security
I examine reports that at least 20 migrants were forced across the Latvia-Belarus border by armed masked men, followed hours later by an alleged incursion in which the same men damaged an electrical b...
7 Okt 18min
Russian Propagandists Panic—Then Admit It’s Going Badly
Russian war commentators are openly acknowledging battlefield reverses, economic pressure, military deception, and the growing danger of a prolonged war of attrition. Maxim Kalashnikov warns that atta...
7 Okt 15min
