Russia Decoded
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September 14, 2026: The War Front and Center
September 14, 2026: The War Front and Center | RSS.com When Vladimir Putin traveled to New Delhi for the annual BRICS summit, viewers of Russia’s flagship Sunday news program might have expected lavish coverage of the president holding court with world leaders. Instead, Vesti Nedeli relegates Putin to second billing and places the war in
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September 7, 2026: Watching Them Squirm
September 7, 2026: Watching Them Squirm | RSS.com At the SCO summit in Bishkek, Narendra Modi did something no one does to Vladimir Putin in public: he lectured him, urging him to move from “endless war” to “the end of war.” Putin sat and swallowed. Russian state television declined to show the moment, offering viewers
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August 31, 2026: The Law of the Jungle
August 31, 2026: The Law of the Jungle | RSS.com At a Moscow university on Saturday, Vladimir Putin told a room of educators and students that packs of orcas sometimes hunt and kill polar bears. “Children should be told about this,” he explained, “so that they understand what kind of world we live in and
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August 24, 2026: Pandora’s Box
August 24, 2026: Pandora’s Box | RSS.com Last week, Vladimir Putin sat down for an interview with Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin, where he warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy and logistics infrastructure had “opened Pandora’s box.” Moscow, Putin promised, would respond with devastating force. Kyiv’s deep strikes this summer have turned the war into
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