ANALITICS
The kremlin’s Budget Is in the Red: Moving Toward State Bankruptcy
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine forecasts that in 2025 the increase in the federal budget deficit of the rf will go beyond the parameters specified by the ministry of finance of russia on May 12. In January-April, the deficit reached a record high of USD 39 billion and was three times higher than last year (for the same period).
5/13/2025
russia Is Losing Billions Amid Sanctions, Lack of Technology and Falling Oil Prices
Since the beginning of 2025, the rf has been witnessing a rapid depletion of old oil fields in Western Siberia, while new developments in Eastern Siberia are significantly hampered by natural conditions and lack of access to Western technologies. As a result, last year saw a reduction in the commissioning of new wells by major russian companies such as “Tatneft”, “Lukoil”, “Rosneft” and “Gazprom Neft”.
5/7/2025
russia Is on the Verge of an Economic Crisis
The intensification of negative trends in the economy of the rf is the result of a significant excess of expenditures over revenues, primarily due to the need to feed the blood-thirsty machine of the war against Ukraine.
5/3/2025
The kremlin’s Shadow Media Network: a New Strategy to Influence the Minds of EuropeansThe kremlin’s Shadow Media Network: a New Strategy to Influence the Minds of Europeans
In early 2025, russia reformatted its information strategy by introducing new organizational structures and projects based on existing ones, namely: the russia today (rt) television network and the sputnik news agency, the “dialog” competence center in the field of online communications, the “international reporters” multilingual platform, the traditional state mouthpieces of the kremlin and the shadow army of internet trolls, “independent” experts and foreign agents of influence.
4/30/2025
Big Investments in Chaos: Analysis of the kremlin’s Information Warfare
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has exposed the tools of russia’s information aggression against our country. This was reported by a representative of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine during his speech at the “Kyiv StratCom Forum 2025: Information Resilience of Ukraine in the Context of Global Changes”.
4/25/2025
Lies About the Military and the Army: russia Continues Information Operations Against Ukraine
The past few weeks have seen a fresh wave of coordinated fakes promoted through russian and some international media. Their main message is “the Government is acting against the people” and “the war leads to destruction.”
4/11/2025
FISU Warns: russia Is Scaling Up the Information Operation Against Ukraine
The first five days of April have seen a new wave of information attacks against Ukraine. russian special services’ actions are aimed at trying to persuade the EU and the USA that Ukraine allegedly is not willing to negotiate an end to the war.
4/5/2025
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Warns: russia Has Intensified Its Information Operation Against Ukraine
The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine records the transition to an acute phase of the hostile information operation conducted by the russian federation against Ukraine. Its aim is to eliminate Ukrainian statehood not on the battlefield, but in people’s heads: by delegitimizing the Ukrainian Government, devaluing democratic institutions and imposing an external political scenario with signs of controlled capitulation. The operation is conducted with the use of the capabilities of the russian federation’s special services – the FSB, SVR, and GRU – under the overall coordination of the presidential administration of the rf.
4/2/2025
