Media Business Models Shadows of the Ballot Box: How Exiled Journalists Navigate Russia’s Information Blackout September 15, 2026 Nana Wu As Russia prepares for its latest round of parliamentary elections—the first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022—the political atmosphere in Moscow is characterized by a deliberate, suffocating…
Open Source Intelligence Shadows Over the Sahel: Russia’s Shahed-136 Drones Documented in Mali July 24, 2026 Nana Wu In a disturbing escalation of the conflict in the Sahel, recent open-source intelligence has confirmed the deployment of Iranian-designed, Russian-manufactured Shahed-136 "kamikaze" drones by forces operating in northern Mali. Investigations…
