It accounts for 15 per cent and has changed over time, driven by what is known as ‘Putin’s aliyah’. Lieberman’s courtship is no longer enough; it is no longer a question of accent, but of policies and relations with Moscow.

A good month does not make up for the bad ones. The balance sheet is deep in the red. The cause lies primarily in the decline in oil production, which has been brought to a standstill by Ukrainian attacks on the Kremlin’s refineries

According to the WSJ, Putin is reported to have ordered an escalation of the hybrid war against NATO countries. Following the foiled attack at Leipzig Airport, Germany has raised its alert level regarding Russian sabotage. And investigations point to a chain of command that is increasingly closely linked to Moscow 

Moscow “is conducting covert operations on the high seas” on a scale never seen before, writes The Telegraph in an exclusive report detailing the movements of Russian fishing vessels mapping the seabed off the UK. London’s plans to defend itself against sabotage capable of paralysing the country

Six cargo ships have been attacked in ten days, resulting in 30 fatalities. Strasbourg wants to protect the waters of Romania and Bulgaria, but Radev’s Bulgarian government is accused of responding too weakly to Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Yuki Imai of the Hokkaido Shimbun faces up to 20 years in prison on espionage charges. His arrest comes as Japan deepens military and intelligence cooperation with Kyiv, while Putin draws closer to Beijing over islands disputed with Tokyo

The Kremlin is working to shape the perception that the Ukrainians have been defeated; this is intended to convince the US president that such a protracted war is down to Zelensky’s stubbornness, and that the best way to end it is therefore to stop him. The front line amongst civilians in Kyiv

In a letter addressed to Trump, a group of Democratic and Republican senators criticised the decision to resume imports of Russian gas, warning that it would end up funding Moscow’s war machine