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13/06/2026

⚡️GRU operative Viktor Labin sentenced to five years in Belgian prison after being exposed by The Insider

A Brussels court has sentenced Viktor Labin, an operative of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, to five years in prison for illegally exporting…

09/06/2026

“Our brigade didn’t shoot down a single military aircraft.”

After four years inside Russia’s military air defense, Ivan deserted and fled the country.

📹In this interview, he speaks about concealed losses, communication failures, corruption, suicides among servicemen, and why he believes Russia’s military is far weaker than many imagine.

The Insider verified his identity, military service, and role within the brigade.

For more than four years, Ivan served inside Russia’s military air ...

08/06/2026

A second round of interference: After Pashinyan’s election victory, Moscow is set to increase its economic pressure on Armenia

Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections ended with a victory for the Civil Contract party led by the country’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan. The party…

27/05/2026

Ukrainian authorities say they intend to evacuate the residents of Oleshky, a city on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine’s Kherson Region. Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets is developing the evacuation plan together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the city, with residents cut off from electricity, gas, and water and facing shortages of food and medicine. Constant shelling, Russian FPV drone attacks, and mined roads have made safe evacuation nearly impossible.

The Insider examines conditions in the occupied city and the Ukrainian authorities’ plans to evacuate its residents.

Ukrainian authorities say they intend to evacuate the residents of Oleshky, a city on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine’s Kherson…

19/05/2026

▪️After recent failures in Moldova and Hungary, the Kremlin has redirected its resources towards Armenia, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 7. The Kremlin hopes to prevent incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party from winning after he pursued closer ties with the European Union and the United States.

The Insider has identified who oversees the Armenia portfolio in the Russian presidential administration, which officers from the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the GRU, and the FSB were sent to Yerevan, and how Armenian opposition candidates are linked to Russia’s intelligence agencies.

After recent failures in Moldova and Hungary, the Kremlin has redirected its resources towards Armenia, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 7.…

18/05/2026

Russia’s information operations in Africa expanded significantly since 2022, even if those efforts remain largely unnoticed against the much more visible backdrop of Russia’s military presence on the continent — via private military companies, the MoD-controlled Africa Corps, and the construction of military bases and dual-use facilities.

The Kremlin is acting aggressively through the specially created “African Initiative,” even attempting to introduce its own social network, Afree. One of the propaganda campaign’s main objectives is the recruitment of contract soldiers for the war against Ukraine.

Exploiting the catastrophic levels of poverty in parts of the continent, the Kremlin is imitating a “struggle against neocolonialism” the defense of traditional values in order to lure Africans to Russia before they are deployed as cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Russia’s information operations in Africa expanded significantly since 2022, even if those efforts remain largely unnoticed against the much more visible…

08/05/2026

💣It is no secret that Russia’s Geran drones, which have long become a nightmare for civilians in Ukrainian cities, were developed from the Iranian-designed Shahed.

What is less well known is that China also plays a role in producing weapons used for wartime terror: Chinese suppliers are sending Russia critical antennas for Geran drones under the guise of agricultural equipment to circumvent an export ban imposed by Beijing, a new investigation by The Insider and Nordsint has found.

Posing as Russian military contractors, The Insider and Nordsint contacted representatives of Harxon, a Chinese supplier. One of its employees not only openly acknowledged the company’s cooperation with Russia’s Alabuga plant, which produces Geran/Shahed drones, but also accepted an order for a large batch of anti-jamming antennas, routing it through a front company called NavX.
These antennas produced by Harxon constitute the majority of satellite antennas found by Ukraine in the wreckage of Geran drones.

It is no secret that Russia’s Geran drones, which have long become a nightmare for civilians in Ukrainian cities, were developed from the Iranian-designed…

05/05/2026

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Russian citizens to obtain asylum — not only in Western countries, but also in states neighboring Russia. As deportation flights from the United States continue, rights advocates interviewed by The Insider note that the immigration and political climate in a number of other countries that once accepted anti-war Russians has changed markedly.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Russian citizens to obtain asylum — not only in Western countries, but also in states neighboring Russia. As…

28/04/2026

In 2022-2024, no fewer than 3,000 women were killed as a result of domestic violence in Russia, according to calculations by human rights advocates and data that Russia reports to the UN.

These figures are likely far from complete. The war in Ukraine will lead to an even greater rise in violence: men returning from the front are increasingly becoming a threat to their wives and partners.

The Russian state has partially decriminalized domestic violence, while law enforcement agencies are reluctant to open cases based on such complaints. At the same time, human rights and feminist organizations fighting the problem are facing repression. Yet even under these difficult conditions, they continue to shelter women in crisis centers and to seek justice against their abusers.

In 2022-2024, no fewer than 3,000 women were killed as a result of domestic violence in Russia, according to calculations by human rights advocates and data…

22/04/2026

The U.S. and Iran are caught between renewed war and a second round of talks in Pakistan, anticipated to take place in the immediate future. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have long been playing their own mediating role, and China is also waiting in the wings as a potential broker, with Donald Trump expected to travel to Beijing in mid-May.
Although all of these countries are interested in helping resolve the conflict in the Middle East as quickly as possible given the economic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, the prospect of a real truce between Washington and Tehran appears illusory. In essence, it would mean one of the sides acknowledging its political defeat.

The U.S. and Iran are caught between renewed war and a second round of talks in Pakistan, anticipated to take place in the immediate future. Saudi Arabia and…

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