“We will be used as a resource”: A Sakha activist on independence for Yakutia, the Kremlin’s language policy, and differences between regions
In an interview with Idel.Realii, Sakha activist Vilyuya Choynova discussed why she considers the independence of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) an inevitable step, how Moscow’s policies threaten the languages and […]
Partisans infiltrated the location of an air defence unit near St. Petersburg
The partisans conducted a reconnaissance operation in the Leningrad region of Russia. They penetrated the location of the 1488th anti-aircraft missile regiment. ATESH reported this on Telegram. The movement’s agents […]
Is there an unspoken pact in the world not to touch Putin? A conversation with Viktor Yahun about Russian special operations
Viktor Yahun, Director of the Security Sector Reform Agency, Major General of the SBU Reserve.
Lviv at the centre of events: The end of the Russian Empire on the horizon
Today, 30 October, the Lviv Regional Council held a roundtable discussion on the topic “Freedom for Nations: How to Destroy the Moscow Empire of Evil.” During the event, people’s deputies, […]
Freedom for the People: Akhmed Zakayev in Lviv. How to Destroy Moscow’s Evil Empire
On 30 October 2025, a round table organised by the Lviv regional administration took place in Lviv: “Freedom for Nations: How to Destroy Moscow’s Evil Empire.”
Ukraine and the indigenous colonised nations of the Russian Federation: an important conversation about the future of (post)Russia
As an ethnic Ichkerian whose parents were killed by Russia during the Second Russo-Chechen War, I see the ongoing war somewhat differently than most Ukrainians do. For me, it all […]
The Caucasus: A Lever That Could Break Putin
Akhmed Zakayev in a new interview from Kyiv. What is Trump planning and who is the Kremlin preparing to replace Kadyrov?
A heartfelt conversation between a Chechen and Viktor Yushchenko. During the Second Russo-Chechen War
For the first time, a Chechen and a Ukrainian president from the Second Russo-Chechen War will meet face-to-face. Not at a round table, not in a diplomatic format, but honestly, […]
There is no money to pay the occupiers: how Ukraine is hitting the Kremlin’s Achilles heel
According to Russian media, the authorities of St. Petersburg retroactively cancelled the payment of 1.6 million rubles for participation in the “SVO” for volunteers. Several servicemen, not waiting for the […]
“Power and resources to the people of Sakha!” — Nomad partisans held a protest in Yakutsk
After the Russian occupiers, with the help of their henchman, the mankurt Aisin Nikolaev, spat in the faces of all residents of the Sakha Republic on 22 October with amendments […]
Two Russian aircraft briefly violated Lithuanian airspace
The Lithuanian Armed Forces have reported that two Russian aircraft from Kaliningrad Oblast violated the country’s airspace on Thursday 23 October. Source: Lithuanian Armed Forces press service, as reported by European Pravda Details: The incident […]
Russian paratroopers killed in explosion near military checkpoint in Russia’s Stavropol
At least three servicemen from Russia’s 247th Caucasian Cossack Airborne Regiment were killed on 22 October in a successful operation carried out by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine with the support […]