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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Not Only Coffee, a small coffee shop in the bohemian district of Užupis, has seen an unprecedented flow of visitors to its basement in the past two days.  The basement, which is usually ignored by visitors, now acts as a collection point for signatures endorsing Russian presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin, whose stance against the war in Ukraine has united thousands of Russians. “I believe our efforts are useful, even if Nadezhdin won’t be approved by the electoral ...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2023 Click here to read the full report. Nicole Wolkov, Christina Harward, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, and Frederick W. Kagan December 31, 2023, 5:10pm ET  Note: ISW and CTP will not publish a campaign

Kazakh Deputy Environment Minister Zhomart Aliev said on January 10 that his ministry is involved in the investigation of the Rixos Aktau hotel, after the mass death of swans on the shores of Qarakol lake in the western Manghystau region.

Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Paval Sevyarynets, was rushed to a hospital with blood pressure problems after police detained her on January 9 on unspecified charges, her daughter Hanna said on January 10.

A Russian tycoon accused of being the straw owner of a super yacht actually belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin is fighting to wrest control of a second luxury vessel seized by the United States over its links to a Kremlin-loyal billionaire. 

Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a number of strikes on Belgorod in recent days.

Alexei Navalny's team lost contact with him a week before his scheduled Dec 5 court appearance.

Russian court jails Navalny ally

As Russians prepare for their own holiday season, the governments crackdown on political activists and citizens who have voiced their opposition to Russias invasion of Ukraine does not appear to be taking a break.

A Russian court on Friday sentenced Ksenia Fadeyeva, who led jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny's now-banned organisation in the Si...