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From Moped Courier to Lead Engineer: How Russian Special Services Recruit Operatives for Terrorist Attacks and Espionage
Attempts by Russian special services to destabilize the situation inside Ukraine demonstrably span completely different social strata. The work of enemy recruiters is built both on involving ordinary perpetrators without access to secrets and on…
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Fiscal squeeze and labor shortages: how the state is trying to fill the budget amid rising wages
The Ukrainian economy under martial law is showing an amazing mix of systemic risks and forced adaptation. On one hand, the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada has approved draft laws abolishing VAT exemptions for commercial international…
Russia’s economic stability under Ukrainian drone strikes
The modern war economy of russia is increasingly demonstrating its vulnerability to pinpoint strikes on key nodes of civil and industrial infrastructure. When physical damage to logistics or oil refining facilities instantly converts into billions…
High-risk diplomacy: CIA director’s visit to Moscow and Washington’s calls to Kyiv
The modern geopolitical landscape is increasingly shaped by quiet diplomacy, where official statements from high-ranking officials differ significantly from real actions on the ground. A manifestation of this tactic was the visit of CIA Director…
Ukraine and Great Britain expand technological defence partnership from missile production to artificial intelligence
The Government of Great Britain has granted permission to the defence industrial company MBDA to transfer classified technical information regarding British components for SCALP missiles to Ukraine and France. This decision is aimed at deploying the…
Diplomatic deadlock in the Black Sea: why Moscow rejects the maritime initiatives of Kyiv and Ankara
Attempts to ensure basic shipping safety in the Black Sea have once again collided with fundamentally different interpretations of the situation by the parties to the conflict. Ukraine publicly supported the Turkish proposal to introduce a mutual…
