Russia Decoded

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  April 19, 2026: Turning the Screws on Europe

  April 19, 2026: Turning the Screws on Europe Is Russian state media prepping its audience for a showdown with Europe? Recent broadcasts have framed European drone factories as legitimate military targets and accused Kyiv of deliberately dragging the continent into conflict with Moscow. Beneath the rhetoric, a quietly advancing Duma law (reportedly drafted inside Putin’s

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  April 12, 2026: Moscow Loses Its Hungarian Trump Card

  April 12, 2026: Moscow Loses Its Hungarian Trump Card On Sunday, Péter Magyar’s Tisza party secured a historic victory in Hungary’s parliamentary election, ousting current prime minister Viktor Orbán and depriving the Kremlin of its most reliable tool for blocking European assistance to Ukraine. While muted on the election results, Russian state media has continued

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  April 5, 2026: “Once Upon a Time, There Was NATO”

  April 5, 2026: «Once Upon a Time, There Was NATO» In a televised display reminiscent of the infamous Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting in February 2025, Vladimir Putin last week delivered a dressing-down to Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin. The Russian president warned Armenia that any further pivot toward the European Union and

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  March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle

  March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle With U.S. military operations now in their fifth week, the Iran War has become the centerpiece of Russian news coverage, which portrays the operation as a “catastrophe” exposing the limits of American power. The Kremlin’s narrative has even turned personal, mocking the Trump administration’s lack of

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  March 22, 2026: Is a Digital Iron Curtain Falling on Russia?

  March 22, 2026: Is a Digital Iron Curtain Falling on Russia? With the war in Iran now in its fourth week, Russian state media continues to showcase the conflict as the latest act of Western “lawlessness.” The heavy focus on the Middle East now serves as a convenient screen for the “special military operation” in

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