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Russian War in Ukraine

Why a Serbian State-Backed Media Network Is Expanding Into Poland
The danger is not a single television channel. It is the slow construction of an information architecture capable of reshaping political realities…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The New Russian Playbook Is Not Invasion. It Is Democratic Paralysis
Dr Sadri Ramabaja warns that Vladimir Putin's influence no longer marches in uniform. It seeps through Slovenia, Kosovo and Europe's complacent elites…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Hungary After Orban: What Comes Next for Europe?
A new government in Hungary promises change, yet questions remain over energy dependence, democratic repair, and whether Budapest can regain trust…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti, Péter Dósa, and Olena Solodovnikova
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The Camera Inside the Kremlin’s Classroom
In a Russian classroom, propaganda replaces lessons, fear replaces trust, and children rehearse war. Pavel films it all, and risks everything, quietly.
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The War Putin Cannot End and the Plot He Will Not Admit
Putin claims Ukraine tried to kill him. Intelligence disagrees. Sources point instead to a failed internal assassination, exposing a Kremlin trapped by…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
The Grey Zone Breaks: Europe Confronts a War Without Borders
Before dawn in Poland, drones pierced roofs and airspace. Jets scrambled, airports halted, NATO consulted. Europe’s skies revealed a new front, low…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
“He Will Destroy You”: Trump Urges Deal on Putin’s Terms
At an Oct. 17 White House meeting, Trump pressed Zelenskyy to accept Russian terms, warning of “destruction,” deepening rifts with Kyiv and alarming…
 • Michael Sheppard, Rodrigo Hammond, and Vudi Xhymshiti
When the flag says NATO but the signals don’t: Albania’s ambiguity, Russia’s asset
Albania talks NATO while enabling Belgrade’s leverage and ports. From ‘cement’ cargos to status-neutral diplomacy, Tirana’s performance masks outcomes…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
When Leaders Leave and Fathers Stay Behind
We believed in the future in 2022,” he said. “Now we survive. That’s all.” His daughter grows up afar. He fights a war that’s no longer his.
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Trump Frees Russia’s War Funds
BREAKING: Trump greenlights U.S. transactions with Russia’s top banks, easing nuclear sanctions—effectively unlocking war funds for Putin amid…
Where the Sewing Machines Burned
No uniforms here. Just melted thread, scorched machines, and women who whispered hope into rubble. “We’ll sew again,” one said. “Because we’re not…
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
Kyiv Sleeps in Hallways and Wakes in Ashes
In Kyiv, we don’t sleep in beds, we sleep between walls, praying they’re thick enough to hold back death until morning.
 • Vudi Xhymshiti
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